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  • Van Gogh Inspires Paintings, Film, Lego - And Music

    PRESS RELEASE - Vincent Van Gogh's art has inspired creative people to do incredible things. His paintings influenced countless Expressionist, Fauvist and early Abstract painters and legendary filmmakers from Vincente Minnelli (the Oscar-winning 'Lust for Life') to Akira Kurosawa (a section of 'Dreams' starring Martin Scorsese as Van Gogh).

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  • Ideal Mother "La Berceuse"

    Her face has a look of peaceful acceptance, her posture a sense of stoic forbearance, and in "La Berceuse," Vincent Van Gogh painted his ideal of the universal mother. So says performer/producer Diederick Van Eck, whose album 'Van Gogh by Van Eck' is a musical interpretation of 12 of the artist's best-known works.

     

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  • Audio Book and Broadway Musical

    Vincent Van Gogh Is The Subject Of Two-Year Artistic Movement: CDs, Audio Book, Live Tour, 3D Documentary, and Broadway Musical Planned.

    Financier turned artist Diederick Van Eck is on a mission to bring Vincent Van Gogh's inspiring story to the masses with a two-year plan of multi-media creations aimed to educate through entertainment.

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  • Need a Van Gogh Expert?

    What makes Vincent Van Gogh's legacy so enduring? The sheer and simple magic of his paintings? His tragic, early death? The controversy surrounding his ear? March 30th is Van Gogh's 157th birthday and with the new discovery of one of his paintings celebrate the life and work of this cherished Dutch Impressionist in an insightful interview with a Van Gogh expert.

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  • Review by Wildy's World

    REVIEW, Wildy's World - The term Dutch Master probably starts with Vincent Van Gogh, the painter who could be labeled the father of modern art in the western world. Van Gogh's life was well-documented by the artist himself in several hundred letter he sent to his younger brother Theo over his life. Those letters and Van Gogh's paintings inspired Dutch producer and recording artist Diederick Van Eck, who worked with producer Tom Harriman and lyricist Pamela Phillips Oland to create Van Gogh By Van Eck, a concept album based on Van Gogh's life in his own words.Read more
  • Press Release, february 11th 2010

    PRESS RELEASE - february 11th, 2010 - Dutch Performer Van Eck Offers a New Explanation of Van Gogh's Iconic Painting "The Potato Eaters"   "One of the Family," from 'Van Gogh by Van Eck,' Explores Famed Painter's Yearning to Belong   Read more
  • Press Release, January 27th 2010

    PRESS RELEASE - Van Gogh by Van Eck: Musical Interpretation of Van Gogh’s Paintings and Life Also Explores the Neural Phenomenon of “Synesthesia”

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  • Press Release, January 15th 2010

    PRESS RELEASE - ‘Van Gogh by Van Eck’ is a musical and visual journey into the heart and soul of Dutch painter and volatile artistic genius Vincent Van Gogh. Dutch producer, recording artist, and art lover Diederick van Eck sings from Van Gogh’s point of view, revealing details of the artist’s life reflected in 12 of his most famous paintings. This deluxe 44-page art book & music CD will be released widely this month via Private Sound Records. It includes glorious reproductions of Van Gogh’s paintings from original transparencies in Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. Read more
  • Review - Van Gogh by van Eck

    The famous Dutch TV-host Ivo Niehe dedicated half an hour of scarce broadcast time to Diederick van Eck, a special Dutchman who wanted to make music with the paintings of Van Gogh. A hazardous project, because as Van Eck says it best himself; ‘Van Gogh is Holland’s national treasure’.

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