Artist: Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890)
Nationality: Dutch
Movement: Post-Impressionism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Dutch artist, Vincent Van Gogh was born the son of Protestant minister. He adopted many different careers before finally devoting himself to painting. He was an employee of art dealers, a language teacher, student of practical evangelism, and a missionary. In 1881, he first developed his work in the traditional Dutch style. In 1886, he moved to Paris where he encountered Impressionism. Van Gogh’s life was plagued by series of unrequited love stories and rocky friendships. The most notable of these were his obsession with a French prostitute, to whom he sent his dismembered ear, and also his tumultuous relationship with fellow artist, Paul Gauguin. Mental illness, primarily schizophrenia and manic depression afflicted Van Gogh his entire adult life, resulting in frequent hospitalization and an early death. He produced some of his most famous pieces, including his Self-Portrait, in mental institutions in hospitals in Arles and Saint-Remy. After his release, he went to Auvers where he eventually shot himself and died two days later.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Irises, ca. 1890 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 29 x 36 1/4 in.
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Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 28 3/4 x
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Sunflowers, 1887 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 17 x 24 in. (43.2 x
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Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace, 1885 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 17
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Oleanders, 1888 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 23 3/4 x 29 in. (60.3
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Self-portrait with a Straw Hat; (verso) The Potato Peeler Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on
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Shoes, ca. 1888 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 17 3/8 x 20 7/8
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The Flowering Orchard, 1888 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 28 1/2 x 21
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Portrait of Joseph Roulin
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La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle) (Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851-1930), 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch,
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Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Title: The Olive Trees Date: 1889 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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First Steps, after Millet, 1890 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 28 1/2 x
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Olive Orchard, 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 28 5/8 x 36 1/4
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Cypresses, 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 36 3/4 x 29 1/8 in.
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Vase of Roses, 1890 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 36 5/8 x 29
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L"Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848-1911), possibly 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on
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Women Picking Olives, 1889-90 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas; 28 5/8 x 36
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Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, possibly 1890 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)Oil on canvas;
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Road in Etten, 1881 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1891)Chalk, pencil, pastel, watercolor; 15 1/2 x
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Bleachery at Scheveningen
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Vincent van Gogh - Roses 1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - La Mousme 1888 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - Self-Portrait 1889 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - The Drinkers 1890 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers 1888 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Self-Portrait 1887 oil on artist's boar The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - The Diggers 1889 oil on paper lined o The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van gogh - Self Portrait 1887 oil on artist board, The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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A Corridor in the Asylum, late May or June, 1889 Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert
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Vincent Van Gogh - Man with a Spade, Resting 1882 chalk, pencil Arkansas Arts Center Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Olive Trees 1889 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Stairway at Auvers 1890 oil on canvas Saint Louis Art Museum Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of a Peasant 1888 Oil on Canvas Norton Simon Museum Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - L'Alee en Automne 1885 oil on canvas laid d The Fitzwilliam Museum Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Mulberry Tree 1889 Oil on Canvas Norton Simon Museum Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - Roulin's Baby 1888 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - Girl in White 1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - The Poet's Garden 1888 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Undergrowth with Two Figures 1890 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - Farmhouse in Provence 1888 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - The Olive Trees 1889 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - The Starry Night 1889 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - Adeline Ravoux 1890 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - The Plain at Auvers 1890 oil on canvas Carnegie Museum of Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - The Olive Orchard 1889 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of Alexander Reid c. 1887 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Orphan Man with Walking Stick 1882 charcoal and graphit Smith College Museum of Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - Flower Beds in Holland c. 1883 oil on canvas mounte National Gallery of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Hospital at Saint-Remy 1889 Oil on Canvas UCLA Hammer Museum Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1888 Oil on Canvas Norton Simon Museum Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - The Large Plane Trees 1889 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Bank of the Oise at Auvers 1890 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of Joseph Roulin 1889 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh - The Poplars at Saint-Remy 1889 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Women Crossing the Fields 1890 oil on paper The McNay Art Museum Dutch
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Vincent Van gogh - Portrait of Postman Rouliln 1888 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Dutch
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (worked in France), 1853-1890 Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (worked in France), 1853-1890 Houses at Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (worked in France), 1853-1890 Landscape with Bog Trunks (Travaux aux Champs)
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (worked in France), 1853-1890 Weaver 1884 Oil on canvas 62.5 x
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The Return to the Fold Anton Mauve (Dutch, 1838-1888)Oil on canvas; 19 3/4 x 33
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Vincent Van Gogh - Still Life with Apples, Pears, Lemons and Grapes 1887 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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Vincent Van Gogh - Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnieres) 1887 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Dutch
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Alex Katz - Ada and Vincent in the Car 1972 oil on canvas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Georges Pierre Seurat - Rue St. Vincent c. 1884 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (worked in France), 1853-1890 Ravine 1889 Oil on canvas 73 x
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Francesco del Cossa - Saint Vincent Ferrer c. 1473-1475 egg tempera on popla The National Gallery, London Italian
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Alex Katz - Large Head of Vincent 1982 aquatint Hofstra Museum American
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Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics,
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Whitlingham near Norwich George Vincent (British, 1796-1831)Oil on canvas; 25 1/4 x 36 in. (64.1
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Vincent Longo Untitled pen and black ink 1954
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Madame Ingouf, ca. 1790 Vincent (French, active about 1790)Ivory; Diameter 4 1/8 in. (105 mm)Bequest
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WH "a Master Craftsman" (Mr. F. Vincent Brooks), Men of the Day No. 2290, from Vanity Fair Supplement Lithograph 1912
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Vincent Perez Man, Thinking Woodcut 1966
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Emile Charles Lambinet, French, 1815-1877 Fishing on the Banks of the Seine 1872 Oil on
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Roger Herman VIncent and Gauguin Woodcut, printed in red 1984
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Jacobus Coelemans Portrait of Vincent Boyer 17th - 18th century
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Camillo Tinti S. Vincentius A Paulo (St. Vincent de Paul) Engraving 18th century
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Artist: Mark Beard and New York: Vincent Fitz Gerald Title: Plate from the book Utah
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Artist: James Ensor Title: L"Intrigue Date: 1911 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.37-1/4 x W.44-1/4
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Francois-Andre Vincent Woman at Window drawing 18th - 19th century
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Portrait of a Woman as Diana, 1760s Attributed to Arnaud Vincent de Montpetit (French, 1713-1800)Verre
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William Vincent Virgin and Child with St. John Mezzotint 17th century
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Charles Turner The Reverand William Vincent, Dean of Westminster mezzotint 1811
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John Cochran John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent 19th century
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Adolphe ThÈodore Jules Martial Potemont Le Cimetiere St. Vincent Etchings 19th century
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Vincent Brooks Day & Son Statesman No. 44 - Sir Robert Peel form Vanity Fair, March 19, 1870 Lithograph 1870
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Vincent Le Sueur Hercule Gauloius or l'Eloquence engraving and chiaroscuro woodcut 17th - 18th century
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Vincent Le Sueur Hercule Gauloius or l'Eloquence engraving and chiaroscuro woodcut 17th - 18th century
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Two Thatched Cottages
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Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1810 Vincent Bertrand (French, born 1770, died after 1817)Ivory; 4
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Francois-Andre Vincent Left profile portrait of an Old Woman drawing: black chalk 18th - 19th century
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Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1810 Vincent Bertrand (French, born 1770, died after 1817)Ivory; Oval,
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Simon FranÁois Vincent de Paul, plate at p. 7 in the book, Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siËcle (Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1700), vol. 2 engraving 1700
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Giovanni Girolamo Frezza Pope Innocent XII, after Ludovicus David, engraved by Hubertus Vincent 17th - 18th century
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Jean FranÁois Millet La Bouillie Etching 1861
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Bouquet of Sunflowers, 1881 Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)Oil on canvas; 39 3/4 x 32 in.
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Jean FranÁois Millet Becheur Au Repos Woodcut 1874
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Jean FranÁois Millet Les Glaneuses Etching 19th century
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Jean FranÁois Millet Les Glaneuses (The Cleaners) Etching 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Appleton Museum of Art: Homage to Van Gogh: International Artists Pay Tribute to a Legend
The collection was started in 1985 with the intention on fulfilling Van Gogh’s hope of forming a community of artists in Arles, France. Little evidence remains of Van Gogh’s residence in the city. None of the paintings made during Van Gogh’s “Arle...
Van Gogh Museum: Van Gogh & Gauguin
The tale of the two artists who lived and worked together and fought each other is well known, but has never been told in the form of an exhibition. The exhibition looks in detail at the relationship between Van Gogh and Gauguin in the contex...
Van Gogh Museum: Theo van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum first opened its doors in 1973. The building, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld, houses the worlds largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh: some 200 paintings, 500 drawings ...
Indianapolis Museum of Art: Van Gogh and the Labors of the Field
While in Saint-Remy, Van Gogh rarely had access to models and he often turned to making copies after paintings and drawings by the artists who inspired him most, including Rembrandt van Rijn, ...
Van Gogh Museum: From Cézanne to Van Gogh: The collection of Dr Gachet
The doctors son, also called Paul, donated a large part of his inheritance to the French state. Now, fifty years later, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux has mounted this exhibition to show their gratitude. Before coming to Amsterdam the show will be ...
Van Gogh Museum: Vincent van Gogh Drawings

Van Gogh’s depictions of city life in Antwerp and Paris range from quick sketches jotted down in the street to detailed sheets of coloured chalk or watercolour completed at home. Most of his Parisian views are of his immediate surroundings, incl...
Art Institute of Chicago: Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South
The story of two artists who lived, and battled, with each other in the struggle to realize their potential is at ...
Musee d'Orsay: Theo van Gogh : art-dealer, collector, Vincent's brother
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Van Gogh Museum: Expansion and Renovation of the Van Gogh Museum
The modernized Van Gogh Museum After the re-opening in June 1999, the modernized Rietveld building will be entirely devoted to paintings of Van Gogh and the permanent coll...
Museum of Fine Art Boston: Van Gogh Face to Face
One of the highlights of the exhibition will be an extraordinary assembly of the artists self-portraits, from the earliest paintings done shortly after his arrival in Paris in...
Toledo Museum of Art: van Gogh: Fields
Aiming to consider comprehensively the scope and character of this particular focus within Van Goghs work, examples have been purposely selected from each phase of the artists career: his initial activity in The Netherlands in the early 1880s, his...
van Gogh Museum: Van Gogh and the Sea
Several drawings and sketches in letters from the time Van Gogh spent in The Hague (1881-1883) show the beach and village of Scheveningen, as well as portraits of fishermen. He was apparently less interested in the cosmopolitan entertainments of t...
Saint Louis Art Museum: Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard
Van Gogh actively participated in discussing and debating new ideas, which ultimately became the shape and substance of modern art in Europe. He identified these artists as the painters of the petit boulevard, a term that reflected their desire...
Pierre Gianadda Foundation: Russian Icons, the Saints
Noted for its outstanding exhibitions the Fondation Gianadda, constructed over Roman ruins, since its opening in 1978, has presented works by such distinguished artists as Chagall, Gauguin, van Gogh, Kahlo, Kandinsky, Lautrec, M...
Museum of Modern Art: Van Gogh's Postman: The Portraits of Joseph Roulin
Joseph Roulin was a postal employee in Arles, and van Gogh painted him for the first time in the summer of ...
Pierre Gianadda Foundation: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
The exhibition brings together between 90 and 100 paintings and works on paper. As for Van Gogh, drawing was ...
van Gogh Museum: Van Gogh Draftsman: The Masterpieces
Van Gogh began his artistic career in 1880 as a draughtsman and concentrated on drawing for the next three years. Even when he began to develop as a painter from 1884, drawing remained a passion. His draughtsmanship took on stunning new proportion...
Van Gogh Museum: Reflections: Japan and Japonism

Come now, isn’t it almost a true religion which these simple Japanese teach us, who live in nature as though they themselves were flowers. And you cannot study Japanese art, it seems to me, without becoming much gayer and happier, and we must r...
Detroit Institute of Arts: Van Gogh: Face to Face
The exhibition, organized chronologically, is divided equally between drawings and paintings. The majority of the drawings date from early in van Gogh's career, when he was still working in his ...
Van Gogh Museum: Light! Art, technology and society in the Industrial Age, 1750-1900
By means of approximately 300 objects, the evolution of light and the resulting impact on social, economic and artistic realms is highlighted. Included are some spectacular loans, such as the Statue of Liberty from the Jardin du Luxembourg in Pari...
van Gogh Museum: Go(gh) Modern
The presentation is subdivided into four sections, each featuring a different aspect of Van Gogh's affect on contemporary art, and includes paintings, sculptures and videos by various artists and movements - from Appel and Kiefer to Nauman and War...
Van Gogh Museum: The Photograph and the American Dream, 1840-1940

Photography was to help establish America’s identity from its invention in 1839. In the 1840’s the first photographers began travelling the New World in search of customers to photograph. Wandering from town to town and farm to farm with their pri...
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Three Museums Join to Present Groundbreaking Survey of Van Gogh's Portraits
Taking this famous passage as a point of departure, The Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Van...
van Gogh Museum: Egon Schiele Accompanied by Marina Abramovic and Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel
Schiele / Abramovic / De Châtel To accompany the exhibition the Van Gogh Museum has commissioned live performances and dance productions by Marina Abramovic and Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel to be shown in the exhibition galleries. Their share...
Van Gogh Museum: 800 prints by Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Vuillard and their contemporaries
The Vincent van Gogh Foundation already owns a small collection of prints assembled by Vincent van Gogh and his brother Theo, which is on loan to the Museum. The addition of this extensive collection adds depth and direction to the print collectio...
van Gogh Museum: Fierce friends: Artists & animals in the Industrial Era, 1750-1900
During the 18th and 19th centuries the relationship between the human and animal kingdoms changed profoundly as a result of the Industrial Revolution, the discovery of dinosaur bones and fossils, and the spread of Darwin's theory of evolution. Wit...
Philbrook Museum of Art: The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Monet, Renoir, and the Impressionist Landscape
The exhibition opens with an early landscape by Claude Monet, Rue de la Bavolle, Honfleur, placed within the context of the Realist landscape style ...
Carnegie Museum of Art: Light: The Industrial Age 1750-1900, Art and Science, Technology and Society
Light! was organized in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, where it was previously on view. Pittsburgh is the only other venue for this remarkable exhibition. The exhibition is sponsored by Bayer ...
Van Gogh Museum: Jugendstil in word and image
In addition to the beautifully illustrated books and periodicals, there is a representative selection of applied art from the Mathildenhöhe (Museum Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt), including styli...

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