Please don’t forget to ‘like’ and leave a comment (however short), as it REALLY helps promote the channel. If you don’t know, my other channel, Great BOOKS Explained can be found here - www.youtube.com/@greatbooksexplained371 - thanks so much for your amazing support - James

@kidmohair8151

Ай бұрын

thank you. I do not think I have ever seen the tree roots painting.

@brahimhaydoun5315

Ай бұрын

could you please do a video about bernard buffet? ; Thanks in advance

This is the clearest view of Van Gogh's last years I've ever seen. Honestly think this should be shown in the Van Gogh museum.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Oh thank you 🙏

@Calligraphybooster

2 ай бұрын

I second that.

@LoisAGrimm

Ай бұрын

I absolutely agree.

@art_wisdom

Ай бұрын

Yes agree… if you want to find more about paintings, check my channel

@chartaiwan

Ай бұрын

Agree.

The simplest answer is often the correct one … and the best telling of a story is often the simplest; truthful and respectful, without embellishment or speculation. The complexity of his life and death speaks for itself. Thank you for this lovely, simple telling of his last days and work.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Such a nice comment - thanks 🙏

@NicoleAC-PhD

2 ай бұрын

Occams Razor 💫🤲🏽

“A nice sunny spot within the wheat fields.” I became quite sad hearing that line but after reflecting for quite a while it suddenly became the perfect ending. Well done sir. Your best yet.

I don't cry at much but, as a sufferer of depression and anxiety myself, this got me

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Oh I hope you can see the joy that Van Gogh brought too - take care 🙏

@DeliriumWartner

2 ай бұрын

@@GreatArtExplained I can. I imagine it would have meant the world to him. Thanks James ❤️

@plumbthumbs9584

2 ай бұрын

me too, bruv. it hit hard.

James, I recently visited Paris and saw some of the most magical art. Some of these pieces, I learned about from you. Thanks to you, not only was I able to enjoy the visual aspects of seeing the art, but I was able to appreciate the history of the pieces I learned about from your channel and connect with them on a deeper level. Thank you.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

That is such a nice thing to say - thank you 🙏

@caitlinb

Ай бұрын

​@GreatArtExplained James, I agree with Kayla. I visited Monet's lillies and the knowledge from your video essay allowed me to appreciate them. They were overwhelming. Thank you for everything.

I'd never been able to forge any interest in art history until I found your channel. Every video of yours I've watched has been absolutely fascinating. Thank you for opening up this new avenue of knowledge to me. I love and appreciate what you do! ❤️

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

What a nice comment - thanks 🙏

Amazing Mr Payne. Of all the artists i have ever seen a documentary about, never before have i felt this kind of empathy for anyone. You showed me the world of Van Gogh, and i felt like it could swallow me whole. A life of agony and pain, and yet as a by-stander I can't help but feel a sense of ease and calm in the life at Auvers. Away from the city, among the sunny wheat fields, through the grooves. Slowly losing my mind and sanity, yet trying desperately to hold onto whatever sense of humanity that was left by filling blank canvas with a gorgeous blend of paint that conceals such an outburst of emotions and feelings. Thank You, Mr Payne. Had i not stumbled upon your channel, had you not created such a channel, i would have forever been deprived from this joy of art. ❤

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

What a lovely comment - thank you 🙏

@chevgr

2 ай бұрын

I feel the same.

@kevrides5706

2 ай бұрын

Your sentiments are wonderfully said and very much echoed in my own heart. I am finding a new appreciation for art because of this channel and I am extremely grateful.

You are among the best art narrarors on KZread - and there are MANY that are very good. Thank you for bringing us this kind of content. I've watched many Vincent Van Gogh documentaries, but never heard before now that he hadn't suffered any major break-downs until age 35.

This telling of Vincent Van Gogh's last days is clear, memorable and deeply moving. Thank you so much James. Perhaps it is, as others say, one of your best films yet.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Oh that’s kind - thank you 🙏

That last painting happens to be one of my favorite Van Gogh’s. I see himself and humans in that painting intertwined in those roots. They look to me like human shapes and he had always seen trees as alive and trying to thrive like us. Tangled, both in life and death. He was misunderstood, but I can understand him through that painting and many others. Thank you!

I am 80 years old and just starting to appreciate. Great Art / Artist. Your Van Gogh presentation was very moving.. James F. CANADA

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thanks james and welcome to my channel 🙏

From 2019-2023 I struggled a lot from mental illness I had very acute depression, ADHD & C-PTSD, your videos has helped a lot & now I’m very well & great full ❤

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

I have been around depression in some form my whole life and I am so glad to hear you say that - take care 🙏

Thank you for this. Hearing what he said in his letters, and now knowing that his last painting was of tree roots, is so poignant. I love Vincent, and his works. It is so sad that his life ended the way it did, but what a legacy he left behind. I feel inspired to paint. Again, thank you.

Brilliant as always. Fascinating and superbly well researched, scripted and edited

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Oh thank you 🙏

This is an interesting topic in art and history. Always a good way to end a friday. Have fun on your trip to portugal!

This is one of the best videos on Vincent and his last days, amazing, sad, and inspirational. Thank you for this, and thank you for the pronunciation of Vincent’s name, ‘Van Gogh’ which so many get wrong. Your research and summary of core details is fascinatingly accurate and profound. Thank you.

@Snitsie

2 ай бұрын

His pronunciation isn't entirely correct. It should be two hard G's.

Hands down the best description of Vincent’s last days he’s always been an inspiration for me just like him I’ve always felt that I’m a burden to my family and friends but they are always their to snap me out of it rest easy Vincent

The way I visibly get happy when I see a video of yours! Thank you so much

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

So nice of you

@andreaandrea6716

2 ай бұрын

Me too!!!

@CaliSpud

2 ай бұрын

Me three!

This was brilliant, James. Thank you. Auvers is a beautiful place, your video took me back. Hope Vincent found peace in the end.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

I believe he did

These videos provide me with such comfort while giving me knowledge and time with art. I just love it.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

I begin watching to better understand a work of art. I end up better understanding the humanity behind it. Happens every time. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. You are expanding my horizons.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

This video brought tears to my eyes as it illustrates so vividly the cruel suffering brought on by depression. Vincent's torment was hopeless as no treatment existed back then. The very fact he was even aware that his death would raise the value of his art is soul-crushing.

@garmtpug

2 күн бұрын

What made me doubly sad was that he didn't know what was causing these terrible problems he suffered from. That had to make his episodes especially frightening!

Wonderful! Your earlier videos on Van Gogh were sensational and this is a masterful follow-up, thanks.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Many thanks! 🙏

This is amazing! Wow, as an aeronautics engineer in graduation, your videos, James, inspire me to go beyond myself, and ignites a very alive passion of pursuing art. Thanks you!

A haunting and beautiful portrait. So much so, I shed an uncommon tear right at the end. There was too much pain and beauty within VVG to ever really afford him a long and healthy life. Rest easy VVG and TVG.

I love the way you weave a story to go with the art. Always a fan! Keep up the great work!

This video right here is why I have subscribed to this incredible channel. At the very least, all the videos here transport me to peace and a sense of awe for a few minutes.

Such a lovely video for such a tragic and sad story. May his art never die.

I have learned so much through your videos. Thank you

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

You are welcome! 🙏

We need to produce more content that talks about art on KZread, more space for art! Bravo! 👌

The music in this segment is so beautiful and appropriate. I so appreciate the effort you put into these videos and I hope these will soon reach a very broad audience. I believe art helps to make humans more complete, complex, and empathetic. Far too many have little or no exposure to art or art instruction, and it's simply tragic. I wish I'd had something like this as a young student, but I'm grateful to have it now. Thanks so much, and I hope all your ventures do well.

Thank you! I love your work and look forward to each one of these! They are my favourite videos to watch... you have such a gift for this. I love all the comments too! It's lovely to see how enormously appreciated you are by others. Please never stop!

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

The comments are so nice and show that the online community can be a great place to learn- thanks Andrea! 🙏

Your videos are a gateway to a world of art that fills me up in a new wonderful way. What a rollercoaster of emotions in just one video. I hope you continue to make these videos as they are masterclass art to many of us. Thank you for the bottom of my heart ❤

I absolutely love your video essays. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge of beautiful art and the artists who create it with us.

Thank you for another excellent video - I had no idea this breakthrough about his last painting had been made. But what I especially treasure with your essays is the way you contextualise the artistic work, in this case both in Van Gogh's previous paintings and letters and the way Japanese art influenced him. It's so sad neither brother got to live a full life. There was so much love there. They made the most of the time they got, and they will not be forgotten. I desperately wish I had the means to sign up for your travel trip. I expect you will all have a wonderful time.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Great comment - thank you 🙏

I've been following this channel and watched most of the videos. I'm not an artist but have a tiny creative chip somewhere in my head I think. I keep coming back here to watch and rewatch some of the videos. I'm afraid this is another video that I will end up rewatching over the years. Thank you Mr. Payne for all you do.

Just beautiful. I gasped when I saw the slide of his two late pastorals. The colors alone are just amazing. Thank you so much!

Thank you for another beautiful and insightful video. Van Gogh has been one of my favourite painters for quite some time and you really paint a wonderful picture of him.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

My favorite KZreadr and my favorite painter. Beautiful day

I went to the Van Gogh museum but left with a couple of questions, this video managed to answer those. I agree with this fitting perfectly in the museum, well done

Oh that was a sad and gut wrenching explanation of Van Gogh's mental and physical suffering! One can only imagine how many more wonderful works of art he had in his mind that he would have created! Just heartbreaking. Thank you for this excellent video giving us some insight into the great man's last years.

I wish i could personally meet and thank you …..you single handily opened up a new avenue of interest for me and many others

Your videos deserve an award. You're exceptional.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

What a beautiful essay Mr Payne. Thank you for this❤

What a remarkable series you have created. Each one it's own beauty. Thank you!

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

That’s a nice thing to say - thank you 🙏

JAMES THANK YOU!!!! Your the king at this art history game!

Thank you for your thorough investigation and pleasant presentation. I've discovered so much more beautiful paintings that I'd never seen before.

i really love how you explain art with such passion and simplicity. this is a brief moment i use to take for myself during work. let's enjoy art once again. greetings from argentina! : )

I'm crying, beautiful video. He definitely was one of a kind. ❤ May he and Theo rest in peace.

Brilliant as always! I Never thought I would enjoy art after those boring lessons of Art History at School! But then everything Changed after I discovered this channel… thank you só much!

I just love these informative videos about art and artists M. Payne. It is a lot of work i am sure and you do it amazingly well. Thank you.

I adore you channel and regularly recommend it to my friends and family

Your videos are some of my favorite on KZread 💙

So sad.... His story always moves me. Great video. Thanks.

Thank you!! Thank you so much for showing us the struggles of one of the greatest artists in the world! There was so much pain and beauty in this. I cried. I use my art to heal me as well. I only wish that his art could have continued to heal him. It's wonderful to see how his paintings were dated and to know which painting was actuallyhis last. Not that I'll ever be famous, but, it makes me want to date my works now and to journal about them and my life as well. It may be very healing for my family when I'm gone( hopefully a very long time from now!).

Thank you James. These really are my favourite art-history videos. Congratulations on your excellent and very sensitive work.

I love these videos they elucidate so many things about painting and how to view them. Points to answers but allows me to be contemplative and ponder different interpretations. Bravo!

Van Gogh has many great paintings. However, his last painting had always intrigued me and I think it never captured the attention it deserved. Thank you for another great video!

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

This was amazing, so well executed and delivered… I wish I could go in October to Portugal

Thank you James, another great video 🎉

Brilliant as ever. Vincenct van Gogh's trees and flowers are my favourite. Like the pink peach tree or almond blossom.

I truly appreciate these works of art you create. Providing context and facts brings even more appreciation to the subject artist’s work 🙏

These are always a joy to look forward to and watch mr James your diligent and hard work is forever appreciated thank you so much for making these

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment! 🙏

🙏🏻♥️ Thank you for keeping the perfect quality in each video.

What a lovely masterpiece for Vincent! You never disappoint. Thank you, James.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

How lovely to find this video in my feed mere hours after enjoying some Van Gogh up close at the Met in NYC!

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

@s.o.3753

2 ай бұрын

​@@GreatArtExplainedI most certainly did! 😊 And I tell all my friends about this channel! All your videos are fantastic!

you my friend are a godsend. the research and care is unmatched. thank you truly!

@GreatArtExplained

17 күн бұрын

You are so welcome 🙏

Another great job. I run out of words to express my appreciation. Thank you James.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Thank you. Such a good video on a talented man. I hope his soul is at peace.❤

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

I hope so too

It's a Sunday morning and I'm here with my coffee, crying over the ending of this video...

These series of episodes are the best I’ve ever come across, Thank you 🙏

I feel like this is my sane insanity corner. I keep listening to your videos while I am doing nails. It keeps deep thoughts in all of my work. I wish I could do something for you to make up for all of the hard work you put into these videos.❤ A fan from Iran.

Thank you for creating this astonishing video. Very informative and beautifully put together.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I never liked Van Gogh's art until I saw it in person. The thick paint is nearly sculptural, and the vibrant colors are really something else.

@hmq9052

Ай бұрын

Mmm. Is it any good though? It's a bit cartoon-y

@TanukiDigital

Ай бұрын

@@hmq9052 Some of it is good. Some is shit. :D

Thank you, James That's authentic. You made me look on Van Gogh from a different angle, understand his inner world much more deeply, it made the picture more whole. Just WOW, your work is spellbinding🔥

Thank for another excellent video. I was delighted you featured John Peter Russell's portrait of Vincent - we know from his letters that Vincent was especially fond of it. I wonder if you would consider doing a video on Russell, an artist of considerable talent and influence yet far less celebrated than his contemporaries and collaborators. I regard him as the one of (if not *the*) most important Australian artist on the international stage, but he is barely known here.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

I love his work so maybe 🤔

Excellent video, thanks! Always had a soft spot for Mr Van Gogh.

What a tragic story. Thank you for another excellent video

truly love your work,, you the best Curator in the world

Great video as usual.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Van Gogh was such a great artist!! Thank you for another amazing video!!❤

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@egonkl3in212

2 ай бұрын

@@GreatArtExplained U're welcome!😊

Again, another wonderful video with new insights presented in a most relatable way. Thank you for your articulate nuanced dialogues on all the artists in your series. More, more.....

What a lovely piece. Thank you.

@GreatArtExplained

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

I don't think I can be imagining it because I thought of it before you said it, but I saw a reporting of finding the roots well before the pandemic since I was too ill from 2018- 3021 to be paying any attention to such things. Glad to be doing better and to have found your wonderful work!

This was both sad and beautiful at the same time... Deeply touching. Thank you, James

From 2019-2023 I struggled a lot from mental illness I had very acute depression, ADHD & C-PTSD, your videos has helped a lot & now I’m very well & great full

This integration of photograph and painting in 8:45 is so well done, with the music it is a beautiful combination.

Thank you, James. I hadn't been able to appreciate Van Gogh until I saw his work live. That said, your visuals are stunning.

Art is not a craft, it is the transmission of the feeling experienced by the artist,congratulations from Romania🇷🇴

@andreaandrea6716

2 ай бұрын

Years ago ('96), standing in front of a Van Gogh in the National Gallery in London, I was shocked to find tears streaming down my face; I was staring at one of Vincent's grouping of sunflowers! So, what you say is true: Somehow, what he was going through, his intensity of feeling, was THERE in this benign painting... waiting for an unsuspecting viewer... and grief washed over me as I innocently took it in.

Great reporting - this is a class above. Excellent research & well presented. Thanks, Henry

I love that it’s still possible to learn and discover more about Van Gogh. I didn’t think of Tree Roots as a particularly interesting painting of his compared with others but now it takes on a greater meaning

Always love your videos! Thank you for your hard work !

This was such a powerful one. Deep, beautiful, devastating, insightful. Thank you.

This is wonderful, as always. I saw Loving Vincent when it came out, and loved it. I think that's the film that says he was murdered. If I recall, that theory has been entertained because it seems unthinkable that anyone would shoot themselves in the abdomen, and die slowly and in great pain. I just love these videos -- and the book ones too.❤

Beautiful video. Truth and detail is always the key to the heart, Vinceny knew this. Bless him, may he rest now.

Amazing video as always. I´m going to a Van Gogh exhibiton in the summer and I´m glad I will have more insight to his paintings thanks to you.

i like your investigative style of documentary, it's like a journey to knowledge!

Fantastic job! Thanks. Very excited about the great books channel too!