French mayor loses bid to snatch scene of iconic Van Gogh painting from villagers’ back garden
French mayor loses bid to snatch scene of iconic Van Gogh painting from villagers’ back garden - Vincent Van Gogh painted ...
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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?
The artist met Joseph Roulin, a 47-year-old postal worker, in the late 1880s. The series of artworks will be reunited at ...
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Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle
Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in ...
How the First Vincent van Gogh Piece Was Acquired in the US: Book Excerpt
Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...
Recreating the Van Gogh legacy from ocean debris
"OceanArt" expo showcases upcycled marine waste into Van Gogh-inspired art, raising awareness on ocean plastic pollution.
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‘Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits’ Review: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Humanizes A Legend
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 ...
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Van Gogh through a pinhole
Morell had come to Arles to take photographs in the places Vincent van Gogh painted 130 years ago. But, even as he stood amid the painter’s beloved Provençal landscape, he seemed undaunted.