I very much remember seeing Van Gogh in a rotunda space in the [Philadelphia Museum of Art] and finding it to be just so striking because of these luscious, bright colors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u2014 Summer Sloane-Britt, professor of art and art history, Occidental College<\/p>\n
And seeing a Van Gogh in person, Sloane-Britt said, and saying you don\u2019t like it is also OK because that signals the work has led you to identify and assert your own aesthetic tastes in art.<\/p>\n
Van Gogh road trip in LA. Shotgun!<\/p>\n
The LACMA exhibit presents a good opportunity to get on the road for a four-stop Van Gogh road trip without leaving L.A. County.<\/p>\n
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Van Gogh’s “Irises”<\/p>\n
You can start at LACMA and see \u201cTarascon Stagecoach,\u201d benefiting from the context of seeing other impressionist works by Van Gogh\u2019s contemporaries.<\/p>\n
Hop over to the Hammer Museum in Westwood, where you\u2019ll see \u201cHospital at Saint-R\u00e9my,\u201d one of three paintings by Van Gogh in the collection.<\/a><\/p>\n Then head west on Wilshire Boulevard to the Getty to see \u201cIrises,\u201d one of the paintings that\u2019s made Van Gogh an art star.<\/a><\/p>\n “The Mulberry Tree,” a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, on display at the Norton Simon Museum<\/p>\n (<\/p>\n Courtesy Norton Simon Museum<\/p>\n )<\/p>\n<\/p>\n