The singular Vincent Van Gogh, "Bedroom at Arles", 1889 (the third version he painted), now on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts , courtesy of the Musee D'Orsay in Paris, France. Photo courtesy of the Musee D'Orsay. Yesterday I got to spend a few minutes alone with one of my most favorite painters in the whole world and one of his most compelling images. It's not just his imagery that I find so compelling. It is his voice, his ideas, shared so honestly in letters to his family and friends, that drives my infatuation (if you are so inclined, please read The Yellow House - it will change your life). Van Gogh wasn't the first artist to feel as though hecouldn't capture the essence of a subject in his work. But he was one of the first to paint more than a mere likeness. He took reality, our shared reality, and infused it with his emotional energy. Some of his feelings we immediately connect with, ...