Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
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 ...
The Art Newspaper21d
A Van Gogh drawing—with what is almost certainly the artist's fingerprint—goes to auction at Sotheby's
It was finally published in the September issue, making it one of the first Van Gogh works to be reproduced in a printed publication. Vincent had posted the small sketch (14 x 17 cm) to his ...
Hyperallergic9d
Van Gogh and the Siren Song of Paris
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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN15d
A new exhibition highlights how German artist Anselm Kiefer was inspired by Vincent van Gogh
The show also includes some of his sketches from his trip retracing Van Gogh's footsteps. The 79-year-old German artist has a long relationship not just with Van Gogh, but also with the Stedelijk and ...
The Art Newspaper13d
The Kiefer-Van Gogh exhibition comes to Amsterdam and London, with fresh works inspired by the German artist’s pilgrimage 60 years ago
At the last minute hundreds of Kiefer’s home-grown sunflower seeds stuck on a huge painting needed to be replaced after they ...