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MASTERCLASSthrough the characters that inhabit them, taking muchof the plot from Van Gogh’s letters.Actor Chris O’Dowd will play Joseph Roulin, the‘postman’ from Arles whom Van Gogh described as a‘Socratic’ character, owing to his bushy beard andrepublican politics.In 1888, Van Gogh painted different members ofRoulin’s family, including his son Armand Roulin, who isrumoured to play a key part in the film’s plot.Van Gogh had an issue with class, and was drawn tohonest working people, but these were much morethan portrait models, they were the friends who helpedhim navigate his way through art, trauma andpsychosis. And of course there’s Dr Gachet, a “hugelymercurial character” during Van Gogh’s time in Auvers,and the subject of one of his most famous portraits.Gachet’s daughter, Marguerite, is widely speculated tohave been Van Gogh’s lover, and will be depicted byIrish actress Saoirse Ronan. Vincent will be portrayedby little-known Polish actor, Robert Gularczyk.There is not a single surface of the Gdansk studiothat has not been influenced by Van Gogh; replicas of``````OPPOSITE PAGE Paintedfilm still of Père Tanguy, aParisian art supplies dealerwho supported Van Gogh’sart. He will be played byJohn Sessions; artists atwork in the Loving Vincentstudio.ABOVE A painted filmstill of Saoirse Ronan asMarguerite Gachet, thesupposed love interestof Van Gogh``````“ARTISTS AREMOVING EACHFRAME WITHBRUSHSTROKES,IT’S VERYPAINSTAKINGAND TIMECONSUMING”MargueriteGACHET>Artists & Illustrators 2118 Van Gogh.indd 21 10/06/2016 15:32