One hundred years after Marcel Proust’s death (18 November 1922), À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) is one of the best-known literary works. As a genre, Proust’s life’s work can hardly be classified. It is an autobiography, a psychological novel, a series of philosophical essays and a comedy of manners […]
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Vincent van Gogh, a rolling stone avant-la-lettre
In 1990, one hundred years after the painter’s death, I saw a retrospective of much of Vincent van Gogh’s (1853-1890) work. The Kröller-Müller Museum showed his etchings and drawings, the Van Gogh museum displayed the paintings. Seeing the oeuvre of the Dutch painter develop from day tot day I had the idea of understanding him […]