Revealing Van Gogh's Hidden Gems | Perspective Full Episode 

What a woman. She did the world a favour .

Joanna changed the world of art and Van Gogh's spirit will live forever through his art and letters. Thanks for the video.

Wonderfully moving. Pleased to see her story finally told. She was the one responsible for putting Vincent on the map.!

Obviously a woman with a deeper level of seeing the greatness and beauty in the world ..she was a person I would like to have met...

I hold Van Gogh and Rembrandt as the two greatest oilpainters. True mastery.

Excellent documentary. Never knew the story about Joanna Bonger. All of us who love Vincent's work definitely owe much gratitude for her devotion to his art.

The greatest Hero in all of art history.

This is the true fascinating story of Vincent van Gogh. He would’ve been nothing if not for this woman. Just another artist.

God bless Joanna. The world owes her a tremendous debt of gratitude. ♥

Theo is the brother we all wish we had. ❤

Absolutely lovely documentary. How sensitive, courageous and smart was Joanna Bonger! Brilliant,

Thank u for such a wonderful documentary for our present and future generations to be inspired by VINCENT

He made the ordinary extraordinary.

This video is making me cry...I'm 76, a mother of three and grand/great mother of 15. I feel like I feel Vincent's heart. I bought, Letter's To Theo...and I too am an artist, and have started painting sun flowers because of Vincent. My brother died October 21, 21 and he was a singer, and had a heart like Vincent in different ways....I Loved him so very much...I hope they are hugging each other and it gives Robin and friend their... I know God is but I'm still grieving as he was my Irish Twin...I miss him terribly...I LOVE Vincent and I LOVE my brother, Robin...God bless, Johanna, and Theo...Sorry for writing so long, I can't talk to people about this, they think I'm eccentric, which I am toward the world...

I get goosebumps watching this! 💎 She's a rarity and ahead of her time

🧑🏽‍🎨 I'm filled with emotions by this Documentary, the brotherly love, the way this woman defended the art, and so much information i had no idea of. You did it again "PERSPECTIVE" 👏 This Documentary is a Masterpiece. THANK YOU....edit...i was having second thoughts of going to the "Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit" here in Phoenix, but after watching this...I'm definitely going tomorrow, and submerge myself into a momentarily Van Gogh Madness. THANK YOU again

It's about time we have a documentary about her. Thank you. And thank you, Joanna.

what a great and important person Joanna Bonger was. Her gift to the world is immeasurable.

That they use the word “love” so dearly soothes me. I’m so happy they expressed themselves as though every moment were important and meaningful.

Brilliant. Not only saved Theo and Vincent she reclaimed herstory. We have done so much. Bless Joanna.

The storage is always a big problem.🤔😒 Respect of all she did, all artists need a woman like her.

Absolutely beautiful story ❤️❤️❤️ Yet another person who loved and supported Vincent, believed in him enough to fight for him. Vincent had a difficult life but he was loved.

On Saturday, September 17,2022,my friend Douglas and I spent three hour hours at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, in Minneapolis. It was the last day of a special Van Tough exhibition. We did not see this room, because when I was a Junior High School student, perhaps in 8th grade, my parents took me to a Van Tough exit at The Seattle Art Museum. It was fanstastic! But I thought I could paint and draw as good asVincent. Now at 75, I realize what a foolish thing and assumption. I was an Art student at the Art School, at The UK of Washington in Seattle. In one Art History class, I wrote a paper comparing Vincent's PIEta, and his Artist friend, Paul Taught 's the Yellow Christ. I know the power of Art. Vincent's importance.

Yes, she translated all his letters and had them published. I have read all the three volumes, page by page and line by line. Had it not been for her, not many would have known about him. It is called promotion. Regardless of an artist's abilities, without it, fame cannot be achieved. Sometimes, it can be self promotion. Greatest artists such as Courbet and Manet held their own independent shows by the official buildings! Picasso was a master of self promotion. The fact remains that many who are not good at it, yet are great artists, fall by the way side.

What two eyes may see...what love can feel....what a Gift He came to be in such a short time....we all are just this...smiling at YOU

Behind every 'great man' is a woman whose name is scarcely known to the public.

I went to the Van Gogh museum when I went home to England a stonemason asked me if I went to the red light district I said no but I went to the museum he said you went to Amsterdam and did not go to the red light district, I said you went to Amsterdam and did not go to the Van Gogh museum.

Another great addition to these videos on Van Gogh. Thank you.

This shows that any artist needs people behind him or her to believe in them, to promote their art. I honestly wish I had a Joanna behind me. I share much in spirit with Vincent. I don't copy his work, or even study his style, there was only one Vincent. It is important that I have my own style.

Love Van Gogh’s work … as an aspiring or beginner painter I love painting flowers like Van Gogh’s. Van Gogh’s works are amazing … thank you for the documentary.

Great respect always to Joanna for pure love and determination. Did not know she remarried and again was widowed soon after.

Thank you for a beautifully made documentary completing the biography of one of my all time favorite artists.

She was great.She learned how the art world worked and plugged in.very hard work.

Wonderful! Thank you!

Excellent documentary !! His art has some air of melancholy hidden behind beautiful colors . His sister in law was a gem !!

Suddenly saw...wonderful woman Johanna let whole world know....thank you all let it always live and show Love every colour in Vincent's painting....can't say....so much more show..,♥️💛🖌️🎨🌈

I'm an artist and before I herd and seen Vincent Van Gogh I was influence by him my art in some ways are similar to his I draw nature like him I'm getting better and I drew Sun flowers and nature even before I know about Vincent Van Gough. I suffer from depression but this is way I started doing art. When I learn about what kind of person he was I was more impressed with him. It's too bad he suffered so much he was ahead of his time. I don't believe he killed himself but how ever he died it bought him peace. I believe his mental health would probably have gotten worse they didn't have medicine or technology to help him. I saw one of the movies about him and the person who played him said maybe his art was not for his day but it's for future generations it came true that really struck me. Now I can't get enough of him he brings be peace.

✒️One of the better parts of being a woman is as Jane Austin put it, “All the privilege I claimclaim for my own sex is that of loving longest when all hope is gone.” Joanns dedication was astounding and to this day we know the names of these people by her hard work and belief of the love her husband had for his brother. I wonder what became of her son?🖋

Thank you for this story...and this lady

Wow what an extraordinary woman!

I have studied and loved Vincent for more than fifty years and this documentary gave me much that I didn't already know. I believe I shall continue to learn about him for the rest of my life. Thank you so much.

Artists need a patron, a promoter. In our contempory time we have our idols. The promoter of Brian Eno and Bob Dylan' turn out to be their mother in law. Thank you mother in laws.

Deeply Insightful. Important perspective.

This documentary was beautifully done. I finally got to watch the history of Van Gogh’ brothers and know about Joanna. Very much entertained ~ Kudos to people behind putting this together.

Very touching video!

I am enthralled my the excellent acting. Thank You for such a creative and informative look this incredible woman.

Thank you ...😢❤

Thank you for uploading this incredibly informative documentary!

some of this is incorrect and speculation...she didnt inherit the work, her infant did, so her motivations were different. but what she did was great. the reason so many artists remain unknown is that no one in their lives kept track of the work and letters

Amazing documentary! Thank you!

thanks....i did a sketch of him....and he gave it life

Thank you very much. Never grow tired of learning and this documentary is enlightening.

Obviously Johanna was a very intelligent woman. Thank you for the documentary.

This was stunning , fabulous

Thank you this is so well done.

The story of Vincent, Theo and Joanna is so amazing and somewhat unbelievable…how each was so critical in altering the art world to what it currently is today. Vincent is the Christ…Theo is the Paul…and Joanna is the Mary in this biblical parallel of the art world.

Loved this documentary... well done... thank you ! 👨🏼‍🎨♥️🎨

This was amazing thankyou 🌺

I think the whole story contributes a lot to the financial aspect of the valuation of van Gogh's art.🙂

So very excellent! Bravo

Important. Thank you for your efforts. Great series.

Remarkable and so inspiring to know about Joanna Bonger now.

I like the sunflowers, but that's it; I like them. What really moves me are the landscapes, especially the landscapes that include "working people" laboring. I am a musician. Also some of the character studies of working people, or "ordinary" people. Perhaps you might think it is cliche thing to say about a portrait, but Vincent paintings do not just capture and display someone's image, his paintings seem to show their soul. Whatever that means. I like and enjoy paintings, but they generally don't move me emotionally the way music does - except for some of Vincent's paintings. Theo's wife made Vincent famous. Who knows how many other great creations have actually been simply thrown away, as Vincen'ts might have been, because someone like Theo's wife was not around to popularize them. I tend to think most works of genius do get simply thrown away.. Vincent's creations were a peculiar exception. I've read some of Vincent's letters to Theo, and I felt that Vincent was quite nuts, and could easily be a pain in the pupic to be around.Quite cuckoo. I think his paintings were an exception from his nuttiness. I look at Vincent's brush strokes and I can't decide if I am looking at an image, or mere brush strokes. The strokes, by themselves, are like music. My father was an artist, and I am feeling guilty because I discarded one of his paintings. I knew it was good but I had no money and no place to keep it. So I just threw it away.

thank yu for sharing this

It is unbelievable what she did. The works of Vincent were somewhere in a dark corner at Theo's gallery. Costumers won't even look at them. She could have put them in a trash can and forget, remary and totaly ignore all that. For how next to impossible it might have seemed at that time. And she is not even a blood relative. It was heroic what she did. Increadible story. Heartbreaking, yet beautiful. This woman deserves a place in art history! So exeptional! Thank you for the film.

another great documentary thanks

I didn't know about her and her work until visiting the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. Glad for this documentary as I'm fascinated with this element of his story.

Auction houses know nothing about art. They only smell the money! They don't know Van from Von! They are basically salesmen or saleswomen. Their haughty characteristics make us think they are educated in art, but that is just hot air! Instead of all this nostalgic attention bestowed on Van Gogh as great as he was, it would do the art community a lot of good to care for and to discover the geniuses who are hard to detect among the millions of artists. God knows how many fall by the way side. At the time of Van Gogh, only a few people knew of him, and very few appreciated his capabilities. These are the facts. He was a great colorist and an admirer of the greatest artist of the last two hundred years, Delacroix! He was also a colorist! Being a colorist does not mean just using colors! After all, we all use colors when we paint. It means that an artist gives colors the highest value and importance. The ability to paint a harmonious colorful pictures comes with a lot of experience. We have all seen the many colors some artists splash on surfaces, yet the results are usually gory! No harmony is achieved, and harsh juxtaposition is only attained. A part of this ability is innate, but developing it takes time and practice. My best works in that manner were painted instinctively. Yet after many years, they have got better and better. Because the art world is so crowded, it is difficult to discover the exceptional artists who make their own realism or create their own unique styles. A high carat rough diamond is very rare, but there is an abundance of smaller stones.

Thank you!

My heart breaks for those who did not recognise brilliance. Is it still happening today?

Its because she, mainly through his brother who cherished him deeply, knew the extent of Vincent's pain. And it was this pain that was baked into his artwork. Do you hide, bury, and destroy that pain? Or do you release the beauty within it for the world to enjoy.

Thank youfor the upload

She was a wonderful FORCE.

Very informative, insightful, and inspirational. Thank you.

I kept hearing joanna bongo... nice documentary, one person to believe in your work is very valuable

Woow love the video sweetie pie and im loving the way the story is told. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF GREATEST PAINTINGS EVER MADE 💯🔥🥂💋

She knew the depth of her husband and his brother , Vincent Van Gogh’s relationship.

Thank you. I have always wanted more information on how Jo did it! What a story! But, I do think that quite a lot is missing here such as what happened directly before getting an exhibition in Amsterdam so that the rich came to view Vincent van Gogh's work. There is a long bridge between no one knowing the value of works and the rich planning to buy those works. That part is not discussed here. What did Joanna van Gogh do to promote the works between say, 1892 and 1913? I am keen on getting to the facts as I have learnt the hard way that many people know that to leave the facts out can be part of deliberately telling me how to think. I simply like to acquire all the chronological details. I do not insult or criticise. I crave information!

Very interesting, valuable documentary. Congratulations and thanks to all involved. I would like to hear some more words from the early buyers as well as from Johanna Bonger, if they exist, expressing what they saw in the paintings. Can anyone tell me if any letters or diaries have been published? It's slightly frustrating to have everything mediated through the words today's experts. Good to see so many of the paintings including lost ones. Directors seem to struggle with presenting paintings on film. Best for me is a "full frontal " still view including frame held for a few moments, followed by a slowly scrolling scan over the whole painting mid distance and then some close ups of brush strokes and finally a zoom out to a final 'still' shot. James Kalm is a master at this. Paintings are "stills" and don't need to be seen with a constantly roving eye.

Wow! The painting of Joanna resembles my face features. When i sent picture of that painting to my husband he thought i painted myself as old woman.

Glad she gets some recognition

I think that she did a good job ❤

Is that the guy from Outcast?? tremendous actor!!

Jo Van Gogh-Bonger was a real artlover and made her brother-in-law Vincent well known all over the world...... like her late husband Theo would have done for his elder brother......... and her son Vincent Willem did for his uncle after her death...... in 1925. Without Jo and especially Vincent Willem there would not be a Van Gogh Museum in 1973.

I remember the first time I saw Irises at the Getty , I was blown away by the vibrancy of the colors. When I went back several years later, it didn't seem the same. When I looked closer, I saw that a piece of glass had been placed over the canvas for security reasons, It muted the beautiful colors, such a shame that others would never be able yo see his eork the way I once did.

Excellent documentary revealing the crucial point in time that without Bonger Vincent might be unknown and the world a much poorer place. It also shows how tangential art pieces can be with fire and wars.

I’m really enjoying this channel. Thank you!

I have a fantasy where I go back in time, meet Van Gogh and get him to paint 2 pictures for me ( one to keep and the other to sell). After spending time with him he would hopefully write about the encounter in his diary and hence give provenance when the painting comes to auction. Picasso would be my next destination in his blue period. What about everyone else? Which artist would you go back in time to meet and ask to paint for you?

Nice

Wonderful!!! Thank you!!!!!

Sometimes his paintings look super realistic.

Good information.👣

The little tantrums are pure invention.

Very interesting documentary! 👍🏻 9:47👈🏻 My only complaint is that I would have liked to see the one and only existing photo of Vincent Van Gogh in addition to the two pictures of his brother, Theo Van Gogh, taken at the ages of 15 and 22. Oh, and one more thing; His name is Vincent Willem Van Gogh. - Not *“Fan Cough”!*

Hats off to Johanna bonger

Amazing video.. thank you ❤❤ Are those clips in the video from a movie?

My sister-in-law would pile my paintings up, throw me on top and burn the lot

I dont know why Van Gogh's brother didn't get him some publicity for his paintings.Vincent Van Gogh's brother was a painting dealer who represented the most famous painters of the time the Impressionists.

I would so like to see the faces of Leonardo, Raffaelo, Michelangelo or even Giotto viewing these art operas

Such a beautiful story of love between the two brothers and then Theos wife.