Through the Eye of the Artist

In Through the eye of the artist, Dr. Frank Goes seeks or negates the connection between eye disorders and the work of the artist painter. Sometimes an eye condition drives the painter to a higher level. Another time it means a "fin de carriere" for the artist. And how were eye disorders and blindness represented in painting? Artists like Rembrandt, Turner, Munch, Dürer, Degas, Picasso, Pissarro, Monet, Titian, Van Gogh and Le Corbusier pass the revue. Special attention was paid to the quality of the images.

Dr. Frank Goes started, as an ophthalmologist, in 1984 the first extra-hospital ophthalmic surgical center in the Benelux. Since 1992, he has used the excimer laser for refractive eye surgery. With that type of surgical procedures, the Goes Eye Center performs groundbreaking work. Dr. Goes gives more than 450 lectures, publishes 270 articles, writes 9 books, realizes 16 films and organizes 45 congresses and symposia. Goes is a member of 15 scientific and 14 cultural associations. In 2009, he receives the Life Time Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Four times he wins the Gold Medal for Professional Merits (India Governor of Maharashtra: 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016). Since 2013, Goes has been ambassador to Light for the World, an ngo that finances eye hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).