{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Street Art Cities","provider_url":"https://streetartcities.com","title":"Busy, Busy Workers! by Joren Joshua","description":"This whopper of a mural, done by Joren Joshua, stretches to 130(!) meters. The mural Is based on the story of Cornelius van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh’s forgotten younger brother, and the Backer & Rueb machine factory. Joren’s creation shows the coming and going of factory workers, assembling the trains that made Backer & Rueb famous. It also features a man with bright orange hair, that man is Cornelius (Cor) van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh’s younger brother.<BR><BR>Because of his technical background, Cor worked at Backer & Rueb for a few years. Cor didn’t enjoy the Netherlands much, so he moved to South Africa, where he worked as a draftsman for the South-African Railways. Eventually, Cor joined the army during the Second Boer War. Sadly Cor wasn’t much of a fighter, and he quickly ended up in the hospital, where he committed suicide at the young age of 32.<BR><BR>This mural is part of the Van Gogh Murals, a collaboration with Van Gogh Brabant and Zuidlijn. The project aims to make five murals in five cities: Tilburg, Eindhoven, Helmond, Den Bosch and Breda. Joren Joshua spent two weeks painting the mural, with a little help from Marije Maria, Ilse Weisfelt, Thomas & Jurgen and Fernandoleon. <BR><BR>- Blind Walls Gallery | 2019 -","author_name":"Marco Breda","author_url":"https://streetartcities.com/users/1629005f-c46a-46a3-8059-abdff292dfe1","thumbnail_url":"https://streetartcities.com/media/0/08b174c2-cae7-4871-a474-5b4032a86a57/1024.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"width":480,"height":480,"html":"","cache_age":3600}