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This is a wonderful scene from Dr. Who where they take Van Gogh to see an exhibition of his work and the curator explains Van Gogh's place in the art world without realizing Van Gogh himself is listening. It moved me so much.
Back in the 90's, one of the world's oldest living persons was a French lady, who, as a teen, sold Van Gogh paint and supplies from her uncle's stationery shop, where she worked part -time.
She said he always smelled terrible and was generally unkempt and usually filthy. But typically, he bought very high quality oil paint. She had a hard time understanding his French; it had a very thick Dutch accent.
She spent the last couple of years of her very long life as a celebrity, as her mind and wit were still very sharp, although she was almost completely blind. It was amazing to learn she was in her 30's when WWI broke out, was married, with nearly grown children, and had out-lived them all. She was living with an elderly grandchild, and was a great-great-great grandmother in her last years, still living in the little town in Provence where she grew up and had spent her entire life.
Smoked 3 cigarettes a day, ate a piece of chocolate daily, and had 2 glasses of wine each day for about 100 years. I think she passed at 113.
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