Never before seeing the video below, could I have thought of two artists, so different in their art forms, geography, time, and culture, to be so similar! The artists in question are the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh and the Urdu poet Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz. Hats off to the uploader who observed the similarities and put their works together in one video.
For those of you not aware of these artists or their stories-
Van Gogh was a great painter who's work influenced the 20th century art. He was believed to be suffering with mental illness which eventually claimed his life. Apparently his anxiety took him to self destruction and he eventually succeeded by committing a suicide. Though his death is still a mystery; because the gun, with which he supposedly shot himself in the head, could never be recovered.
Majaz was another passionate artist. True to his art and heart. It is said that he fell in love with a married woman. Being unsuccessful in love lead him to alcoholism and mental illness. He spent a lot of time in mental asylums. Once he ran away from a mental asylum and later his body was found on the terrace of a shop in a busy market in Lucknow. How he reached there and died, remains a mystery.
The pain of these two artists can be felt in the song, sung so beautifully by Jagjit Singh. Beautiful paintings, brilliant poetry and soulful singing: what a great confluence of three great artists!.
For those of you not aware of these artists or their stories-
Van Gogh was a great painter who's work influenced the 20th century art. He was believed to be suffering with mental illness which eventually claimed his life. Apparently his anxiety took him to self destruction and he eventually succeeded by committing a suicide. Though his death is still a mystery; because the gun, with which he supposedly shot himself in the head, could never be recovered.
Majaz was another passionate artist. True to his art and heart. It is said that he fell in love with a married woman. Being unsuccessful in love lead him to alcoholism and mental illness. He spent a lot of time in mental asylums. Once he ran away from a mental asylum and later his body was found on the terrace of a shop in a busy market in Lucknow. How he reached there and died, remains a mystery.
The pain of these two artists can be felt in the song, sung so beautifully by Jagjit Singh. Beautiful paintings, brilliant poetry and soulful singing: what a great confluence of three great artists!.
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