Welcome to Van Gogh's Ear
You are interested in Vincent van Gogh, his life and his art? We share your passion for the great Dutch artist who in many respects laid the foundations of modern art and whose personal life was so closely connected with his existence as an artist.
May we firstly introduce ourselves to you:
We are two German academics, living and working in
Hamburg/Germany:
Dr.phil. Hans Kaufmann, studied
General History, French, Philosophy and Pedagogics at
the Universities in Freiburg and Hamburg; and
Dr.phil. Rita Wildegan studied art
history and archeology at Universität Hamburg.
In September 2008, after years of research, we published a German book about the lives and workings of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, particulary their brief collaboration in Arles in 1888:
Hans Kaufmann/Rita Wildegans:
Van Goghs Ohr – Paul Gauguin und der Pakt des
Schweigens; Berlin (Osburg) 2008; ISBN
978-3-940731-14-2; quoted as "Kaufmann/Wildegans
2008".
While results have found significant resonance in the
world press1,
they have not been embraced by the established art
historians specialised on Van Gogh.
Unfortunately, the German edition of our book is sold
out. Only the Czech edition (without illustrations) is
still available2.
Since, there is no English edition of the book yet,
this internet presence gives you a summary of our
findings.
There is a tv documentary about our work. This short overview in german is subtitled in english:
https://absolutmedien.de/film/1036/Die+grossen+Künstlerduelle
Regie: Andreas Gräfenstein, ARTE Edition
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1. see e.g. LE FIGARO, 4 Mai 2009; Interview FRANCE 2 (TV), 4 Mai 2009; CNN WORLD NEWS (TV), 4 Mai 2009; THE GUARDIAN, 5 Mai 2009; BBC NEWS, 5 Mai 2009; THE TELEGRAPH, 5 Mai 2009; DAILY MAIL, 5 Mai 2009; CORRIERE DELLA SERA, 5 Mai 2009; THE NEW YORKER 4 Jan. 2010↩
2. Hans Kaufmann, Rita Wildegans: Van Goghovo ucho; Praha (Grada Publishing, a.s.) 2013; ISBN 978-80-247-4395-0 ↩