Bob Greene : Discovery of Van ##itas painting points up understanding of the artist . He says Van Gogh struggled with his art -- and depression -- when young , but art endured . He says art in all its forms is like message in a message , sent from the mind of man to the ages . Greene : He has been dead since 1890 , when , in one of many moments of despair , he took his own life . Art , whether Phil Everly or van Gogh , keeps people 's perceptions alive .
Bob Greene : Discovery of Van ##itas painting points up understanding of the artist . He says Van Gogh struggled with his art -- and depression -- when young , but art endured . He says art in all its forms is like message in a message , sent from the mind of man to the ages . Greene : Art , whether Phil Everly or van Gogh , keeps people 's perceptions alive .