A 小衝突 with 先頭 Gogh in picture-perfect Provence: How to create your own masterpiece... where the artist painted some of his best work
- 先頭 Gogh painted some of his greatest 作品 in Saint-Remy-de-Provence
- Jeremy Taylor travels to the French town to create his own masterpiece?
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Vincent 先頭 Gogh may have been minus an ear and borderline bonkers during his stay in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, but the Dutch master painted some of his greatest 作品 here, in the bustling French tourist town 近づく Avignon.
The prolific period of his career 含むd Irises, Sunflowers and The Starry Night.
So, clutching a grade C in O-level art, I’ve travelled to Saint Remy to create my own masterpiece.
Guiding my 手渡す is Aicha Bendafi, who 根気よく teaches tourists how to sketch the landscapes immortalised by 先頭 Gogh in their own oily palettes of blue and grey.
We 会合，会う outside the gates to Saint Paul de Mausole, the 修道院 turned 亡命 where 先頭 Gogh 認める himself in 1889, a year after cutting off his left ear.
奮起させるing: Jeremy Taylor travelled to Saint-Remy-de-Provence to follow in the footsteps of Vincent 先頭 Gogh. Above is Saint Paul de Mausole, the 修道院 turned 亡命 where the tormented artist 認める himself in 1889
Jeremy wonders if the landscape and lavender can 奮起させる his 'inner artist' in the same way as it did 先頭 Gogh. Pictured is a lavender field in bloom in the 修道院 of Saint Paul de Mausole
Tourists visit to see a 再建 of the artist’s sparsely decorated room on the first 床に打ち倒す and to follow a walking 追跡する that 最高潮の場面s the 場所s where 先頭 Gogh 始める，決める up his easel.
‘He was fascinated by the 質 of the light and the beauty of the landscape,’ Aicha tells me.
‘Thanks to a serene atmosphere and the help of the 修道女s, he 完全にするd more than 100 製図／抽選s and 143 oil 絵s in just a year.’
Aicha explains that Saint Paul de Mausole is still a psychiatric home for artists to this day, with their work sold at a nearby gallery.
‘From the upstairs windows you can still see those same 石灰岩 hills, vineyards and olive groves that made 先頭 Gogh reach for a 小衝突 and canvas,’ she 追加するs.
There’s certainly an atmosphere about the place ? far 除去するd from busy Saint Remy, a short walk away.
Pictured is 先頭 Gogh's recreated room at Saint Paul de Mausole
Masterpiece: One of 先頭 Gogh's 15 or so olive grove 絵s. Jeremy tries to paint a 類似の scene on his visit
This chic town of cobbled streets, cafes and restaurants celebrates 先頭 Gogh’s 444 days?in Provence in many ways ? some naff ? but I wonder if the landscape and lavender can 奮起させる my inner artist in the same way.
Aicha has 始める，決める up my easel in 前線 of an olive grove, likely where 先頭 Gogh painted The Olive Trees in June 1889.
His famous 初めの is said to be 価値（がある） around £60 million... so no 圧力 then.
先頭 Gogh is believed to have made 15 olive grove 絵s, fascinated by the 新たな展開d, gnarly 形態／調整s which 反映するd his mental 明言する／公表する at the time.
Saint Remy, pictured, is just a short walk away from the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す where Jeremy learns to 'sketch the landscapes immortalised by 先頭 Gogh'
Pictured:?The Fountain of Nostradamus in the 中世 old town of Saint Remy
I start simple, with a s plash of yellow sun, but the 形態／調整 of the tree trunks is already 運動ing me mad. I’m struggling to 逮捕（する） the texture with my cack-手渡すd 小衝突 一打／打撃s.
Aicha tells me to 分裂（する） my piece into sections, sky, trees and earth, and soon I’m wafting my 小衝突 around like a プロの／賛成の.
I find 変化させるing the thickness of paint 追加するs an uneven, rough texture ? 先頭 Gogh often used paint straight from the tube but for the leaves, I decide to squeeze every shade of green の上に my palette and go 自由型.
By now, a small 集会 of tourists has come to watch. I 停止する a thumb to help 計器 the distance between the tree trunks, before a small ripple of 賞賛 breaks out when I scribble my 指名する in the 底（に届く） corner.
It looks nothing like the 見解（をとる） but I am sorely tempted to 申し込む／申し出 my ‘Olive Grove Revisited’ to the highest 入札者.
Jeremy 述べるs Saint Remy (pictured) as a 'chic town of cobbled streets, cafes and restaurants'
Jeremy stays at?Mas 先頭 Gogh (pictured), a 回復するd farmhouse a cycle ride from the centre of Saint Remy
That evening I retire with my rolled-up work of art to Mas 先頭 Gogh, a 回復するd farmhouse a cycle ride from the centre of St Remy.
This 高級な, self-catering 所有物／資産／財産 誇るs an outdoor pool and space for eight guests, but I imagine the Dutch master would have preferred to paint alone in a 静かな corner of the enormous garden.
‘Olive Grove Revisited’ is now hung in my downstairs loo. One day, when I’m gone, maybe it will resurface in a secondhand shop. It won’t be mistaken for a masterpiece.
