'It's doing real damage': new book on Van Gogh attacks idea that the artist was a nature painter

Lobel challenges the myth of Van Gogh as a nature painter, asserting his deep engagement with industrialized settings and pollution.

Acknowledging the threat of climate change, Lobel argues that the romanticized view of Van Gogh as a nature painter is harmful in today's context.

Van Gogh's art was intertwined with modern industry and pollution, drawing from these themes for his subjects and materials, as Lobel argues.

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