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The reason why we produced this website.
Looking for a website theme for ThinkQuest 2000 was not easy. It was important to choose a theme that does not have a profound web presence already. Our art teacher told us a few things in class about the project our school did several years ago "Van Gogh along the highway". In my opinion, it was a good theme to produce a website! The art teacher gave me all the information about this project and he told me also that there had been an exposition about Vincent's first artwork at Etten. I tried to find some info about those first years of Van Gogh on the internet, but I did not find much about the early years, although there were lots of sites about Van Gogh. From several Van Gogh experts at Etten I got information and advice, and when I learned that even in Nigeria and Singapore, people appreciated this Dutch artist I decided: we are going to produce "Van Gogh at Etten - sketches and billboards"! While producing this site we learned a lot about Van Gogh, his perseverance, his enthusiasm, his belief in doing what he had to do. We learned how even a genius like Van Gogh, needs time and perseverance to reach his goals. Those things gave us lots of inspiration and made us carry on even when we encountered obstacles. We hope you will find get inspiration from Vincent van Gogh in our site.
Hans Westerbeek
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