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For many years it was regarded as distasteful to suggest that Theo van Gogh, the painter’s brother, died of syphilis. Theo’s son, named Vincent after his artistic uncle, lived until 1978 ...
The story of how Theo, Jo and Vincent Willem preserved and promoted Van Gogh’s oeuvre is a tale of triumph over adversity, writes William Cook ...
Vincent Van Gogh painted three dozen self-portraits in just 10 years. That’s really a lot (there are about the same number of extant paintings by Johannes Vermeer).
Born March 30th, 1853 in Holland, Vincent van Gogh was the eldest son of a Protestant minister. Vincent was expected to conform to a strict, religious upbringing. At the age of 16, he went to work ...
Josien Van Gogh is the great-grandniece of Vincent. Her grandfather was the son of Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother.
The exhibition homes in on how Impressionism was received in the Netherlands, and looks at the role that key Dutch collectors like Theo van Gogh played in the movement’s spread outside of France.
Looking at the Van Goghs we see a few parallels with the Holy Family, who knew humiliation and repudiation.
A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, reveal a wildly immediate inner life.
A team of specialists is trying to prove that a canvas bought for less than $50 was painted by the iconic artist—and is worth $15 million.
A Dutch court has sentenced a 27-year-old radical Islamist to life in prison for the November murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh. Mohammed Bouyeri, who has joint Dutch-Moroccan ...
The Detroit Institute of Arts' new van Gogh exhibit shows how American audiences and museums warmed up to an artist who was once ridiculed.
In 2021, a comparison between the dna of two of Sien de Groot’s great-grandchildren and that of Lieuwe van Gogh, son of murdered film maker Theo van Gogh and third cousin to the painter, showed once ...