Arts & Entertainment
Janet Mandel Presents Vincent Van Gogh at Millburn Library
Art historian Janet Mandel will present a free two-part lecture on Van Gogh at the Millburn Library on Oct 11 and 18 at 7:00pm.
The Millburn Free Public Library is pleased to host award-winning art lecturer Janet Mandel. Ms. Mandel will be presenting a two part presentation on Vincent Van Gogh, on Thursday, October 11 and Thursday, October 18. Both lectures will begin at 7:00pm in the auditorium. All programs are free to the public. Janet Mandel retired after teaching for 32 years in New Jersey’s public schools. She now presents illustrated lectures on art history at museums, adult schools, libraries, senior centers, and similar venues.
October 11 at 7:00pm
Part I Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South
In February of 1888 Vincent van Gogh traveled to Arles in the south of France to escape the frenzied atmosphere of madcap Paris. He made ambitious plans to found an artists’ colony that would breathe new life into French art. He finally succeeded in persuading Paul Gauguin to join him. The tumultuous story of what happened in the “Studio of the South” is one of the most dramatic in the history of modern art, and the paintings created there are among the most innovative and recognizable images of the late 19th Century.
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October 18 at 7:00pm
Part II Vincent van Gogh: After Arles
In one of the most shocking and infamously haunting incidents in art history, Vincent van Gogh, consumed with paranoid delusion, sliced off his left ear. After a relatively short hospital stay, Vincent returned to the Yellow House but could not maintain his mental equilibrium. This class will tell the story of the last months of Vincent’s life, a journey of exhilarating artistic productivity and exhausting, debilitating anxieties. It was a period in which Vincent produced his most memorable, inspirational, and iconic works.
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Please register for the October 11 and the October 18 lectures. Registration is recommended but not required.
This program is free to all and is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Millburn Library. The Millburn Library is located at 200 Glen Ave., Millburn, NJ 07041 and can be reached at 973-376-1006.
