'A very deep bond of friendship': The surprising story of Van Gogh's guardian angel
At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Paint 26 Portraits of a Postman and His Family While Staying in the South of France?
In the late 1880s, Vincent van Gogh spent two years in southern France. Though the period was famously tumultuous for the ...
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17 Unique Facts About Van Gogh’s Yellow-Hued Series Of Sunflowers
Image credits: Van Gogh Museum The Sunflowers series is closely related to the Yellow House where the artist rented 4 rooms. His plan was to turn the yellow corner-building into an artists ...
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Why This Van Gogh Portrait Was Left Forgotten in a Chicken Coop
Following hospitalization for a severed ear, Van Gogh created this "keepsake" for his doctor, which soon ended up in a ...
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A Van Gogh drawing—with what is almost certainly the artist's fingerprint—goes to auction at Sotheby's
The work depicts the garden in Place Lamartine, which lay between the artist’s Yellow House and the ancient ramparts of Arles. Van Gogh called it the “poet’s garden”, since he imagined ...
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'A very deep bond of friendship': The surprising story of Van Gogh's guardian angel
And it's in this spirit that Van Gogh, a newcomer with "a big heart", welcomed new connections. Before moving into the yellow house next door, now known so well inside and out, Van Gogh rented a ...