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Madness & Art
Fools are often marginalised people... just as artists sometimes! 🃏Thus, that is not so surprising that these last ones chose to represent fools and madness in their work... and even were fools themselves! You may know that Van Gogh cut off his left ear. But did you know that Edvard Munch, the famous painter of The Scream, wrote a small lettering in the upper left corner of his canvas: “could only have been painted by a madman”. Crazy, isn't it?! Find out more about Art and Madness in our new playlist! 😱
After Jan Matejko’s Stanczyk, here’s another sad clown, this time painted by Edward Hopper. In this video, we’re looking at his 1914 Soir Bleu.

Content produced by : The Canvas

On the agenda
video - 6:38
Why Did Edward Hopper Paint This Clown?
By: The Canvas
video - 3:58
Girl in Red goes to the origins of a legendary emoji with Munch
By: Google Arts & Culture
video - 3:48
Van Gogh – Challenging the ‘Tortured Genius’ Myth
By: Tate
video - 7:25
Stanczyk or the Sad Clown Paradox
By: The Canvas