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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.24,0:00:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello and welcome\Nto the van Gogh Exhibition
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.02,0:00:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the National Gallery im London.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.44,0:00:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the show is called \N"Poets and lovers"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.43,0:00:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what it contains is 60, yes 60,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.16,0:00:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Van Gogh's most famous pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.75,0:00:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of which are coming \Nto London for the very first time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.57,0:00:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the really interesting thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.49,0:00:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything here was painted
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.40,0:00:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the two short years that van Gogh\Nspent in the south of France.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.37,0:00:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He arrived in February 1888,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.22,0:00:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he left after all kinds of tragedies\Nin May 1890
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.61,0:00:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in those two short years \Nthe masterpieces poured out of him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.74,0:01:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leading the way is his view\Nof the yellow house in Arles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.03,0:01:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this was the home\Nthat he made for himself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.91,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in this tiny little house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.98,0:01:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he made most of these paintings\Nthat you see around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.31,0:01:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's interesting picture \Nfor all kinds of reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.31,0:01:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This wonderful golden color is one thing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.50,0:01:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you see that at the back\Nthat's the railway line
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.59,0:01:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's probably the train \Nthat he arrived in Arles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.30,0:01:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the train from Paris.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.36,0:01:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Café here \Nthat's the Night Café in Arles,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.01,0:01:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's where he used to go \Nand get drunk and play billiards
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.14,0:01:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that was right next door to the house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.27,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interestingly you see these lumps\Nin the middle of the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.35,0:01:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, what those are.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.26,0:01:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're actually road works,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.65,0:01:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when Vincent moved\Ninto this house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked for the gas to be connected up \Nto the house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.50,0:01:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that he could work at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.67,0:01:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gas lighting had just been\Nintroduced in Arles.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.33,0:01:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vincent made sure that the yellow house \Nwas connected to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.42,0:02:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the world which \Nvan Gogh lived in Arles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.15,0:02:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was tiny, really tiny,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.38,0:02:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To help you visualize it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.07,0:02:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've set up this detailed map\Nof the region.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.03,0:02:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this here that's the big yellow house\Nhe lived in on the corner,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.74,0:02:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and behind it, the railway station\Nwith the train coming in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.23,0:02:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.53,0:02:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next door to it the Night Café,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.55,0:02:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scene of many drinking\Nadventures by Vincent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.32,0:02:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when he went out the front door,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.98,0:02:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to the right 50 yards up the road,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.65,0:02:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that big view of the Starry Nght\Nthat's just here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.42,0:02:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in front of him was the big park,\Nthe Poet's Garden
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.53,0:02:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where all the lovers\Nwould stray and meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.20,0:02:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, just past the park,\Njust up the road there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.74,0:02:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the brothel where he used\Nto go with Gauguin
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.19,0:02:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what they called \Ntheir "hygienic visits".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.03,0:02:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, all this the whole \Nof van Gogh's world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.80,0:02:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty much everything\Nyou see in this show,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.05,0:02:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that is just a few hundred yards
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.71,0:03:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of just a tiny bit of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.27,0:03:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that produced massive amounts\Nof great art.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.89,0:03:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His bedroom in Arles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.12,0:03:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't actually the first painting \Nhe did of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.90,0:03:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something he did later,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.42,0:03:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did a kind of recreation of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.05,0:03:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once he'd had his breakdown\Nand things went wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.53,0:03:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he painted it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.47,0:03:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I can't look at this picture\Nwithout always making a B-line
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.32,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this washstand here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.10,0:03:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in the morning\NVincent would wash and shave.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.47,0:03:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This must be\Nwhere he kept his razor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.51,0:03:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the razor with which notoriously\Nhe would later hack away at his own ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.62,0:03:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did van Gogh choose Arles \Nas his south of France destination?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.04,0:03:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always puzzled me, I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.32,0:03:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could have gone anywhere\Nin the south of France,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.73,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to some very glamorous places,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.30,0:04:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he chose Arles\Nwhich at the time was an industrial city.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.05,0:04:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a port full of cold ships,\Ndark smoky
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.77,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only thing Arles was famous for\Nat the time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.06,0:04:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the beauty of its women.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.60,0:04:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Arlesiennes, as they were called
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.87,0:04:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were supposed to be the most beautiful\Nwomen in France
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.68,0:04:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my suspicion, my theory
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.32,0:04:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it was this that attracted \NVincent most-
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.71,0:04:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a man desperately\Nsearching for love
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.70,0:04:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he thought that if he came to Arles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.99,0:04:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amongst all these famously\Nbeautiful arlesiennes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.96,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would find the partner he was seeking
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.84,0:04:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all through the show
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.70,0:04:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's so much whispering \Nof love going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.01,0:04:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little couples under the trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.16,0:04:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little couples walking by the river,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.58,0:04:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little couples in the park.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.87,0:04:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that didn't ever happe\Nto Vincent in real life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.76,0:04:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it could happen in his art.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.68,0:05:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love these Vincent's views \Nof the olive trees near San Rémy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.65,0:05:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the asylum was.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.55,0:05:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something about olive trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.71,0:05:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their gnarled shape,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.36,0:05:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way that they twist and struggle\Nin the dry earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.04,0:05:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That touched a cord with him
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.07,0:05:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for me, their kind of self-portraits,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.18,0:05:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each olive tree representing\Nhis own struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.40,0:05:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been looking at van Gogh\Nmost of my adult life
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.98,0:05:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought I'd seen a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.55,0:05:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hadn't seen that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.87,0:05:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hadn't seen that,\NI didn't see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.72,0:05:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot here\Nthat no one has seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.98,0:05:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's all kinds of reasons \Nto come to this exhibition
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.80,0:05:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one of them \Nis that you'll see a van Gogh
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.86,0:05:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that perhaps will be\Na bit unfamiliar to you.