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 ...

An installation view of the "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) If the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts ...

Vincent van Gogh, Enclosed Field with Ploughman, 1889; Oil on canvas. Bequest of William A. Coolidge, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In 1889, at St. Rémy ...