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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, ...
Van Gogh or Faux? Weeding Out Fakes Is Starting to Take a Toll.
Attributing a work to the artist generally requires authentication by the Van Gogh Museum, but lawsuits and an influx of ...
'A very deep bond of friendship': The surprising story of Van Gogh's guardian angel
At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...
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Vincent van Gogh
The exhibition can be viewed as a “diptych” across the two museums, bringing together about twenty-five paintings, twelve early drawings and three films by Kiefer, in addition to eight paintings and ...
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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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 ...
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A new exhibition highlights how German artist Anselm Kiefer was inspired by Vincent van Gogh
AMSTERDAM (AP) — When he was just 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France. Now, more than half a ...