Known for his sunflowers, Vincent van Gogh was also drawn to another recurring symbol – one that gave him strength at his lowest moments, writes Matthew Wilson. Every element of the natural world ...
Vincent van Gogh’s name is synonymous with the tortured artist trope, and it’s hard for museums displaying the famed artist’s work to shake this image. Yet, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston uses its new ...
An installation view of the "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) If the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts, ...
It was the night before Christmas Eve in 1888 – a cold Sunday evening in the French city of Arles – when Vincent Van Gogh took the razor he kept on his small dressing table and slashed off his left ...
At the toughest, most turbulent time of his life, the Post-Impressionist painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. A new exhibition explores this close ...
Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, April–May 1885 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam / Vincent van Gogh Foundation In 1885, after months of work and meticulous preparation, Vincent van Gogh completed The ...
Ardent fans of the artist will get a thrill seeing his lesser-known paintings and drawings amid more commonly known works. Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night over the Rhône, 1888; Oil on canvas, 72.5 × 92 ...
In 1885, a 22-year-old Dutch woman named Johanna Bonger met Theo van Gogh, the younger brother of the artist, who was then making a name for himself as an art dealer in Paris. History knows Theo as ...
Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years. Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet,” painted ...