Intrigue Meets Art Appreciation in Following Van Gogh by Tea Gudek Šnajdar

My guest today is Tea Gudek Šnajdar, author of Following Van Gogh listed in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction. Here's a summary of the podcast:

• Inspiration for the novel that combines travel writing with a thriller.
• Fascination with the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh and how his color palette changed as he moved from the Netherlands to Paris to Arles.
• The "what if" that inspired Tea to make a forged painting central to her novel.
• What is it about the paintings of Van Gogh that Tea and millions more find so compelling.
• The role that Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo has played in cementing his legacy.
• Tea's experience as a guide at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
• Reading from Following Van Gogh.
• One thing that Tea learned from writing this novel that she didn't realize before.
• What's next?

Read more about Tea Gudek Šnajdar on her website: https://culturetourist.com/

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