Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Award-winning art history education Janet Mandel will discuss Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin in a South Orange-Maplewood Adult School lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in room D16 at Columbia High School.

In February of 1888 van Gogh traveled to Arles in the south of France to escape the frenzied atmosphere of madcap Paris. He made ambitious plans to found an artists’ colony that would breathe new life into French art. He finally succeeded in persuading Paul Gauguin to join him. The tumultuous story of what happened in the “Studio of the South” is one of the most dramatic in the history of modern art, and the paintings created there are among the most innovative and iconic images of the late 19th century.

Admission is charged; for more information, call 973-378-7620 or visit www.somadultschool.org.

  Columbia High School, SOMA Adult School