Vincent Van Gogh - "Mineur" parmi les mineurs au Borinage

  Borigines Vincent Van Gogh au Borinage     Presentation / Even voorstellen...   GB - Welcome to my blog dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh in the Borinage.My name is Filip Depuydt, born in Ypres (Belgium) on March 12, 1966, and raised in the picturesque village of Kemmel at the foot of Mount Kemmel - www.toerismeheuvelland.be/   FR - Bienvenue sur mon blog dédié à Vincent Van Gogh dans le Borinage.Mon nom est Filip Depuydt, né à Ypres le 12 mars 1966 et élevé dans le village pittoresque de Kemmel au... [Lire la suite]

    Sunday, 20 October 2019 Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh in Petit-Wasmes   It was in 1879 that Vincent Van Gogh was an Evangelist for the protestant community of Petit-Wasmes.   Unfortunately, his 6 months’ trial contract was not extended and Vincent had to leave Petit-Wasmes.   Nevertheless he decided to stay for another year in the Borinage, in Cuesmes, where he finally decided to become an artist. “In short, it was in the Borinage that I began to work from nature for the first time. But I... [Lire la suite]

    Sunday, 13 October 2019 Autumn walk in Vincent Van Gogh's steps in Petit-Wasmes   Last guided walk of the year with 20 enthusiastic participants comin from all parts of Belgium. My first real bilingual walk, french and dutch).  Sunny weather, great athmosphere and rich exchanges between the participants.   Departure from the Van Gogh House   In admiration in front of Morgan Ico's mural painting   Wallking down the "Sentier du Grisou" (= Firedamp path)   And up again... [Lire la suite]

  En route sur la trace de Vincent Van Gogh On the road in Vincent Van Gogh's steps  Op weg in het spoor van Vincent Van Gogh               2019   Vincent Van Gogh @ Petit-Wasmes (ouvert à tout public / open to all public / open voor alle publiek)         Sunday / dimanche / zondag    13/10/2019   (09:30 - 13:00); 6 km       Participation : 10 € (incl. access Maison Van Gogh & Marcasse,... [Lire la suite]

    Thursday, 12 September 2019 Van Gogh walk with a group of SHAPE ladies     The Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe - SHAPE - are based in Casteau, just north of the town of Mons. While their parrtners are doing theire military duties,h some of the partners gather to share experiences and to visit cultural events or musea in the region.  On 12 September 8 ladies from Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom joined me to discover Vincent's heritage in Wasmes.... [Lire la suite]

    Vincent meets Vincent in Mons !  Tuesday, 30 July 2019   It was on his 50th birthday that Walter Michael DeForest (New-York) paid a visit to the Van Gogh bust created by Britisch artist Anthony D. Padgett.  Anthony created the sculpture as part of his “One Year With Vincent”  project (2017).  It is part of a series of 7 similar busts Anthony offered to places Vincent Van Gogh used to live and work. The copy he offered to the Mons-Borinage former coal mining region is made of a coal effect... [Lire la suite]

    Vincent Van Gogh commemoration weekend in Mons-Borinage at the occasion of the 129th anniversary of Vincent's death   Saturday, 27 July - "Marcasse by Candlelight" (Marcasse aux Chandelles) 129 lanters for Vincent at the Marcasse coal mine where Vincent descended in April 1879. Projection of the film "Loving Vincent" (2017) in the Evangelic church of Petit-Wasmes where Vincent was an evangelist in 1879.             Sunday, 28 July Guided walk in Vincent's steps in... [Lire la suite]

  Marcasse aux Chandelles - Marcasse b Candlelight   Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh - Hommage à Vincent Van Gogh   Saturday, July 27, 2019 - samedi 27 juillet 2019         In case of bad weather conditions the film projection will take place IN A PARTY TENT.  En cas de mauvaises conditions météo, la projection du fklm se fera SOUS  CHAPITEAU.    Programme   19:00 : Doors and bar open- Barbecue - "Boulettes de Wasmes" Start of guided "Van Gogh... [Lire la suite]

    Sunday, 20 October 2019 Tribute to Vincent Van Gogh in Petit-Wasmes   It was in 1879 that Vincent Van Gogh was an Evangelist for the protestant community of Petit-Wasmes.   Unfortunately, his 6 months’ trial contract was not extended and Vincent had to leave Petit-Wasmes.   Nevertheless he decided to stay for another year in the Borinage, in Cuesmes, where he finally decided to become an artist. “In short, it was in the Borinage that I began to work from nature for the first time. But I... [Lire la suite]

        Wasmes - Un Américain sur les traces de ses ancêtres          09 septembre 2019              Steven Biskey vit à Albuquerque, au Nouveau-Mexique. Il a fait le voyage depuis les Etats-Unis jusqu'à Wasmes pour retrouver les traces de son arrière-grand-père, Florent Mahieu. Un vrai retour aux sources pour rendre hommage à son ancêtre mineur qui a traversé un jour l'océan atlantique dans... [Lire la suite]