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Michael Lobel

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The book's third chapter, “Fire,” examines Van Gogh’s abiding interest in gaslight during his time in Arles, including in such iconic works as The Night Cafe and Starry Night over the Rhone

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In chapter four, “Water,” I discuss Van Gogh’s proximity to despoiled waterways, from the period of his childhood—which historians tell us saw a marked increase in industrial water pollution in the Netherlands—to those nearby his famed Yellow House in Arles, in the south of France

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