Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s ...

especially the harvest. We are the hired hands, but sower and reaper “gather a crop for eternal life.” The Pope’s other observation was about positions in Van Gogh’s painting. The sower is ...

BOSTON — “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is an exhibition about human rapport. A sort of boutique blockbuster — if such a thing is possible — it ...