October 19, 2010. Italy's capital is currently hosting an
exhibit featuring seventy three works by Dutch painter and one
of the world's most famous impressionists – Vincent Van Gogh.
Museums like the Louvre in Paris, New York's MOMA or London's
Tate Gallery have donated their prized Van Gogh paintings to
illustrate who the artist really was. Benedetta Calzavara
Exhibition coordinator (Rome) "He was not crazy, and less when
painting, because when he worked, he was extremely cold. He was
extremely cultured and exceptional, especially from the artistic
point of view. " Oddly enough, this exhibition reveals one of
the least known aspects of the artist: his religious. Van Gogh's
father was a Protestant minister, and Vincent had a Christian
upbringing. That's why, early in his career he painted some
landscapes with churches.Cornelia Homburg “When Van Gogh become
an artist, the church become a symbol of eternal life, of
stability, of human values and in this case, for example, we see
the old church tower of Munich w