While strolling recently in Arles with
Christine, I didn't realize to what extent we happened to be walking in the footsteps—as it were—of
Vincent van Gogh. It's only today, in front of my computer, that I discover retrospectively various associations of this kind.
This photo shows the majestic stone portal of the
Hôtel-Dieu, with a poster indicating its new name:
Espace Van Gogh. In France, the former expression (literally,
God's hostel) designates ancient hospitals, often alongside a cathedral, in various great cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Angers.
In Arles, on Christmas Day 1888, Van Gogh used a razor to slash an ear lobe. Several months later, observing the painter's abnormal mental state, people in Arles signed a petition to have him interned at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital. The other day, I took a couple of photos of the hospital courtyard, covered in flowers.
Van Gogh did a painting of this same courtyard.
Two other Van Gogh paintings present the bridge at Trinquetaille.
This is the bridge that
Christine's grandfather
Paul Marteau would have crossed regularly, as a youth, when walking back and forth between his native Trinquetaille and the main city of Arles. It was destroyed by Allied bombers in August 1944. When Christine and I were strolling between Trinquetaille and Arles the other day, we were using a bridge that was built in 1951 to replace the old one.
This photo shows the majestic stone portal of the Hôtel-Dieu, with a poster indicating its new name: Espace Van Gogh. In France, the former expression (literally, God's hostel) designates ancient hospitals, often alongside a cathedral, in various great cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Angers.
In Arles, on Christmas Day 1888, Van Gogh used a razor to slash an ear lobe. Several months later, observing the painter's abnormal mental state, people in Arles signed a petition to have him interned at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital. The other day, I took a couple of photos of the hospital courtyard, covered in flowers.
Van Gogh did a painting of this same courtyard.
Two other Van Gogh paintings present the bridge at Trinquetaille.
This is the bridge that Christine's grandfather Paul Marteau would have crossed regularly, as a youth, when walking back and forth between his native Trinquetaille and the main city of Arles. It was destroyed by Allied bombers in August 1944. When Christine and I were strolling between Trinquetaille and Arles the other day, we were using a bridge that was built in 1951 to replace the old one.
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ReplyDeleteC'était son aïeul Monsieur Paul Marteau, fils de Georges Marteau, (Maison Grimaud) si oui, est-il exact de la date de sa mort de 1976?
Il ya très peu biographie, pourriez-vous donner des détails sur elle.
Merci
Bonjour. Je viens de transmettre votre commentaire à mon ex-épouse, petite-fille de Paul Marteau. Peut-être pourriez-vous nous indiquer brièvement votre rapport avec cette famille. Merci.
ReplyDeleteLe commentaire évoque visiblement des individus Georges Marteau et son neveu Paul Marteau concernés par la conception et la réalisation des cartes du Tarot de Marseille éditées par la maison Grimaud. Mon ex-épouse ne sait pas s'il existe des liens généalogiques entre ces hommes et ses ancêtres du même nom.
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ReplyDeleteMerci Quand même.
Cordialement.
Bonjour. Le hasard fait que je me suis beaucoup intéressé autrefois, moi aussi, au Tarot de Marseille dans le domaine de la divination. Cliquez ici pour accéder à un site web plutôt naïf que j'avais commencé à développer sur ce thème, uniquement pour m'amuser.
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