In the late 1880s, Vincent ... is now one of van Gogh’s most famous subjects. But the artist didn’t stop with the postman: He painted the entire family, making 26 portraits of Roulin and ...

An installation view of the "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits ... to Vincent and his siblings, Theo Willemien van Gogh, just after Christmas of 1888, after Van Gogh cut his ear, through ...

Now “Van Gogh: the Roulin Family Portraits ... s cutting his ear and subsequent hospitalization. Joseph Roulin visited him and wrote daily to Theo reporting on Vincent’s progress.

A sort of boutique blockbuster — if such a thing is possible — it is devoted to Vincent van Gogh’s portraits of a single ... cut off a small part of his ear, wrapped it up and hand-delivered ...

Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation), Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In Van Gogh’s portraits, he wanted to capture a ‘metaphysical magic’ in his subjects, and in Postman Joseph ...