Peculiar of a post-impressionist artist, Vincent van Gogh’s works are a window into the artist’s mind. Breaking free from the canons of impressionism, he painted in solitude — with rage and deep pain — ecstatically responding to natural landscapes, producing an emotionally charged oeuvre. Many, many years later, as you stand in a sanitised museum with his works clinically arranged, it still overwhelms you in ways that can seldom be articulated.
It’s these paintings that aptly form the universe of Loving Vincent . Filmmakers Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman carve out settings and characters from Van Gogh’s popular works, creating an outstanding visual experience; one we’ve never seen before.
