Know Van Gogh

The Bedroom is one of the paintings the app explores.                    screen shot

Speaking of artists with tragic lives (see post just below), the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has created an app for tablets called Touch Van Gogh. It allows one to explore some of his paintings in depth, learning about their history, his world, his technique, and more: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/computing/42716504_1_rijksmuseum-van-gogh-museum-new-app
   To see how the app works, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BDIm1oRwYg