This July, stream these Secrets episodes and uncover mysteries in four European stops. Can’t catch a flight this summer? Join Secrets of the Dead for a European Tour featuring some of our favorite episodes now streaming on pbs.org/secrets. This month, the Secrets European Tour highlights ...
See behind the scenes stills from Van Gogh’s Ear.
Despite being a stranger in a foreign land, Vincent van Gogh got lucky with his chosen neighborhood in Arles. The Place Lamartine was a relatively new part of town. Having developed after the arrival of the railway in 1840, this neighborhood was used to the ...
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The walls of the Yellow House were soon covered with paintings inspired by Vincent's Arles experience including the iconic sunflowers. Paul Gauguin was something of a celebrity in the modern art world. He was lured by the sunflowers, and moved to Arles and took up ...
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Born March 30th, 1853 in Holland, Vincent van Gogh was the eldest son of a Protestant minister. Vincent was expected to conform to a strict, religious upbringing. At the age of 16, he went to work at his uncle’s art dealership. But things soon started ...
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During his 15-month stay in the city of Arles, in the south of France, an aspiring artist Vincent van Gogh would paint more than two hundred paintings that captured the people and places he encountered. But during his time here, he would also suffer a ...
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The moment when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror, held up a blade and cut into his own ear defines his turbulent life and art. But what did he really do on the night of December 23, 1888, in the town of Arles? What ...
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Read biographies of survivors of the attack at Mers el Kebir, expert historians, and the producers that contributed to Churchill's Deadly Decision
See archival photos pf Sir Winston Churchill of England and Vice Admiral Francois Darlan, two of the major historical figures in Churchill's Deadly Decision
