July 29 1890 death of Vincent Van Gogh. The Dutch painter failed in his original efforts to pursue a career in ministry before turning to art—his means of expressing compassion and solidarity with suffering humanity and to convey a vision of the holiness of existence.
Conversation
“I should like to paint in men and women something of that quality of eternity which was symbolized formerly by a halo and which we try to convey by the very radiance of our coloring.”