Episode 1 of documentary Let drawings and paintings tell, Dutch spoken and English subtitled. In total, there are seven parts that will be posted on the YouTube channel It’s the Art, my Dear before 1 December 2025, alongside several creations with research results based on a hypothesis and conclusion.
The documentary lifts a corner of the veil. Following the documentary, several episodes will follow with even more topics and dozens of paintings and drawings by several post-impressionist painters who moved in groups around Paul Gauguin and were involved in Symbolism, Cloisonnism, Synthetism and later also Fauvism.
Review Cultuur Verbindt Roosendaal, Project Leader Lieke van Pruijssen: With the project “Let the Late Drawings and Paintings Tell”, Claudia Koole – Gratias Art immerses herself in the life story of Vincent van Gogh and focuses her attention on the famous “ear incident”. Through in-depth research and interesting perspectives, she sketches a new view and alternative scenario to the prevailing art history. What started as a small project has grown into a true life’s work, and Koole’s great dedication to her subject and to Van Gogh as a person is admirable.
Above: footage shot at Museum Het Paulushofje near the Van Gogh Church in Etten-Leur, the Netherlands.
Below: documentary footage with NFT expert Peter Langela from Fluidensity, featuring aspiring journalist Tristan van Beers from Fontys Journalism Tilburg, expert Lijnie Reijers, orthopedagogue and general psychologist, and Annemijn Koole, aspiring journalist from Fontys Journalism Tilburg.
The documentary was made possible thanks to 28% financial support from Cultuur Verbindt Roosendaal and the Mastboom-Brosens Foundation.
