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RE: artists as outsiders
Theo VanGogh,Vincent's brother was an established art boker in
Paris,Vincent's outsider status was because he was just too weird for his
contemporaries, no matter how hard Theo tried they didn;t buy his art
because they didn't like it.He wasn't really unschooled,he went throught
the
same stages of developing his figure drawing ,his control of
line,perspective, depth, mass contrast etc that he would have practiced in
Academy. You can see this developement if you look at his drawings in
Chronological order.He did the same with control of brush and paint,and
the
mixing of colors. There is eveidence that towards the end when he was over
the edge he was eating his paints and poisoning himself.His one painting
sold was to his doctor. Correspodance of the VanGogh bros.has been
published
under the title Dear Theo.
Not all artists are outsiders,not all outsiders are artists