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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.98,0:00:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're feeling sorry that I don't have a tattoo. \NFor first I'm not --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.82,0:00:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like to take you back to 1887.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.46,0:00:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a young man in front of the door \Nof a woman, here in Amsterdam.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.33,0:00:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has only seen her three times \Nduring the past two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.28,0:00:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name is Johanna Bonger.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.01,0:00:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I have to show a picture of her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.10,0:00:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here she is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.03,0:00:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has only seen her three times,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.37,0:00:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he already knows \Nthat he's madly in love with her,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.80,0:00:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wants to spend \Nthe rest of his life with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.38,0:00:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an English teacher, but \Nunfortunately she has a secret love.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.03,0:00:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she says no,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.33,0:00:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this guy goes back \Nin the train to Paris disappointed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.58,0:01:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where he lives \Nwith his artist brother Vincent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.44,0:01:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However destiny:\None year later they meet again in Paris.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.35,0:01:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is single, and the artist has left \Nto the south of France.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.22,0:01:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they fall in love,\Nand to make a long story short,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.33,0:01:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marry on 18 April '89.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.52,0:01:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a happy life in Paris starts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.83,0:01:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They meet a lot of friends and --\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.39,0:01:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her ideal was a life full \Nof intellectual stimulation, a social life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.45,0:01:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with friends around her \Nwho were all working for a good cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.17,0:01:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have a baby a year later \Nand name him Vincent,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.14,0:01:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the uncle\Nand uncle Vincent is tremendously happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.95,0:01:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he sends "The Almond Blossom",\Nrepresenting new life as a baby gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.90,0:01:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can imagine that it's a tragedy\Nwhen uncle Vincent dies a year later,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.79,0:01:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1890.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.99,0:01:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Theo, who was not only his brother \Nbut also his best friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.90,0:02:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is heartbroken.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.22,0:02:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has supported Vincent during his life,\Nhe has encouraged him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.91,0:02:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he becomes ill and he dies\Nhalf a year later.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.94,0:02:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this young woman, Johanna Bonger\Nis suddenly left alone
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.14,0:02:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has to make a living \Nwith her little boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.81,0:02:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she does so by starting up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.78,0:02:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we would call now \Na bed-and-breakfast in Bussum,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.72,0:02:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a lot of artists will stay,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.82,0:02:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who will become later \Na part of her network.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.70,0:02:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she works as a translator, \Nbut she also starts to continue the work of Theo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.70,0:02:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she starts to approach museums, \Nand galleries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.22,0:02:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and giving works in consignments\Nin order to promote the work of Vincent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.50,0:02:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She also starts to type out \Nall the letters of Vincent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.93,0:02:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can imagine no computers, \Nan old typewriter, that was a tremendous job.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.69,0:02:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is watching all the refuse \Nabout exhibitions on Vincent,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.98,0:02:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and commenting on them, \Nand trying to build her network in the art world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.66,0:03:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the beginning \Nshe's looked at with suspicion:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.38,0:03:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's a woman, she's not an art historian,\Nshe has no experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.77,0:03:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she reads a lot, she learns a lot\Nand she's a really good negotiator.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.44,0:03:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, she gains her respect in the art world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.36,0:03:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, when the first exibition is a fact, \Nshe really has some power in the art world,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.78,0:03:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is here in Amsterdam \Nin the Panorama Room.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.78,0:03:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Followed in 1905,\Nin the Stedelijk Museum -- our neighbors --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.31,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a real large exhibition, \Nover 400 works.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.52,0:03:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is very well received. \NThis time she does not have to beg again,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.78,0:03:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the galleries and museums,\Nthey will now come to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.91,0:03:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And large exhibitions will follow \Nin London and Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.38,0:03:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that she was not only in it \Nfor the money,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.45,0:03:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because sometimes art traders \Nwould advise her to sell for a lower price,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.87,0:03:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to sell more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.54,0:03:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of that, \Nshe raised the price. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.06,0:03:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, her son would later call her \Nvery independent woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.30,0:04:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think, she really was.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.07,0:04:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, she loves to travel,\Nshe speaks four languages,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.14,0:04:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she follows her son to Spain,\Nwhere he lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.11,0:04:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and later on to New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.36,0:04:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she starts to translate \Nthe letters in English.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.06,0:04:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time she dies in 1925,\Nshe has translated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.10,0:04:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,562 of all the letters from Vincent to Theo\Nand vice versa.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.94,0:04:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in 1914, she has published \Nthe letters to his brother,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.94,0:04:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with a biography,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.82,0:04:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is still very useful \Nfor our research today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.48,0:04:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I wanted to say, \Nbut as Sylvana has said, that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.30,0:04:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without her,\Nwe probably would not have been here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.70,0:04:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Vincent might not be \Nas famous as he is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.75,0:04:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should point that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.70,0:04:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would like to share \Na few words that have been put
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.25,0:05:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the two directors\Nof the World Library on her grave:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.99,0:05:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faithfulness, devotion and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.22,0:05:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that if we carry those with us,\Nwe will also succeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.22,0:05:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.\N(Applause)