At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...
Following hospitalization for a severed ear, Van Gogh created this "keepsake" for his doctor, which soon ended up in a ...
Vincent was ever grateful for Theo’s assistance and love, evidenced in the many letters that survive from the brothers’ lifelong correspondence. Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in ...
Miles Unger follows Vincent van Gogh’s time living in the bohemian Montmartre district, and its explosive effect on the ...
Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...
We also have an unusually lengthy description of the lost painting given by Vincent to Theo, focussing on his colouration. Van Gogh’s sketch of Public Garden in Arles in his letter to Eugène ...
1885 letter from Vincent to Theo, featuring a sketch of “The Potato Eaters” Vincent van Gogh, “The Potato Eaters” (1885), oil on canvas The prospect of Paris always looked brighter when ...
Johanna Bonger, widow of Vincent van Gogh’s brother Theo, finds herself in possession of all of Vincent’s artwork–over 600 ...
A new exhibition explores this close friendship, and how it benefited art history. On 23 December, 1888, the day that Vincent ...
Nor is Van Gogh by any means an unknown character, in part because his devoutly self-absorbed letters, addressed to his brother Theo and which have become our prime source for details about the ...
At the toughest, most turbulent time of his life, the Impressionist painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. A new exhibition explores this close ...