'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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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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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Paint 26 Portraits of a Postman and His Family While Staying in the South of France?
In the late 1880s, Vincent van Gogh spent two years in southern France. Though the period was famously tumultuous for the ...
Starry Night house in Mount Dora to receive paint refresh
MOUNT DORA, Fla. — An iconic home in Mount Dora is receiving a fresh coat of paint. The landmark was painted with a mural ...
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 Lego Van Gogh Sunflowers? It’s like painting with bricks – 2,615 of them, to be exact
Using standard Lego brick shapes and colours, designer recreates painting in 2,615 bricks. It’s on show beside the real thing ...
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Anselm Kiefer Wonders if We’ll Ever Learn
The previous year, Kiefer had given a lecture at Tate Britain museum in London about his relationship with van Gogh, and then made a series of huge landscape paintings inspired by van Gogh’s work.