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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 ...
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, ...
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A Van Gogh drawing—with what is almost certainly the artist's fingerprint—goes to auction at Sotheby's
Reverse of Van Gogh’s Public Garden in Arles with the pencil inscription ... 2 October 1888 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) The artist wrote: “A round cedar or ...
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We Build LEGO Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers, Which Contains a Hidden Surprise for Art Lovers
But it also demands to be hung up in a dwelling space as art – an important distinction to make, as LEGO continues its slow evolution from adult curiosity to adult hobby. Vincent van Gogh painted his ...
The Associated Press on MSN16d
A new exhibition highlights how German artist Anselm Kiefer was inspired by Vincent van Gogh
When he was 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France AMSTERDAM -- When he was just 17 years old, German ...
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What Do Van Gogh’s Rare Hospital Paintings Reveal About His Inner Turmoil?
Two of the artist's 1889 works now on view in London have not been exhibited outside of Switzerland in over a century. Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh. Collection of ...