Day 60(b): Orsay Museum

One of my favorite places is the Musee de Orsay. For many years it was an abandoned train station, too small for modern trains.  It's a great open space for art.

The museum holds some notable works by a truly tragic figure.  This artist was from Holland but did much of his work France.  He was certainly crazy, spending time in an asylum, commuting self-mutilation to impress a woman, and an abject failure while alive.  During his career he sold exactly one painting, to his brother (probably out of kindness and pity) for $500.  His art was universally scorned by critics and collectors alike.

He said he painted what he dreamed.  He commited suicide at age 37.  It turned to a lose of epic proportions.  He has been celebrated in popular film and song.  His works now sell for over $100 million.  Some of his work is shown below.

Can't forget the pointillist movement.  Some of these paintings are made up of over 250,000 dots!