DES MOINES, IA.- Des Moines Art Center opened an exhibition entitled Vincent van Gogh and the Psychology of Portraiture, which runs through February 5, 2012, in Blank One Gallery. This exhibition, drawn from the Art Center’s permanent collection, was inspired by the recent acquisition of Vincent van Gogh’s Portrait of Dr. Gachet (L’Homme à la Pipe), 1890. The only etching van Gogh ever made, the work vividly portrays the doctor who treated and befriended him during the last months of his life. Etched with the artist’s signature swirling lines and emotional intensity, van Gogh presents Dr. Gachet in a similar somber manner to his painting of the same man, with what he described as the “heartbroken expression of our time,” and one that recalls many of the artist’s own self-portraits. Following the spirit of this work, several psychologically-charged portraits have been chosen n