Archive for 2009
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Dec 31, 2009
5 CommentsHappy New Year from the Van Gogh Gallery
Happy New Year and thank you for helping support our site to make 2009 an excellent year! We have had a lot of great feedback from Van Gogh Gallery visitors in the form of blog comments and email messages. We appreciate all of your input on the site and our blog. We are also thrilled...
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Dec 24, 2009
1 CommentHappy Holidays from the Van Gogh Gallery
We would like to thank all of our visitors for supporting the Van Gogh Gallery and wish you the best this holiday season. It seems only fitting that our wishes come from Van Gogh himself, so here are some of his holiday musings and a drawing from a letter he wrote to his brother Theo...
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Dec 16, 2009
No CommentsView of Paris from Van Goghs Eyes
Although Van Gogh preferred the French countryside to the congested streets of Paris, he did live in Paris for a short time with his brother Theo at number 54 Rue Lepic in Montmartre. The art community was active at the time in 1874-75 and the Impressionists, or the grands boulevards artists as they were referred...
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Dec 04, 2009
4 CommentsThe Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters Exhibition
Rarely, since the time that they were created, has a large collection of Van Gogh’s original letters and his corresponding works been seen together. But in January of 2010, the main galleries of Burlington House, the Royal Academy of Arts will be host to an exhibition of over 35 original Van Gogh letters and about...
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Nov 25, 2009
6 CommentsThe Sower and The Reaper
With the autumn in full swing, this time of year brings to mind harvest time and preparing for next year. Van Gogh must have thought the same thing as he was capturing The Reaper and The Sower on canvas. Inspired by Jean-François Millet, Van Gogh created several “Reaper” and “Sower” paintings between the years 1888...
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Nov 17, 2009
1 CommentVan Gogh Tours
Now is the perfect time to start planning your Van Gogh tour for next spring or summer. There are many tour companies which offer bike tours of Van Gogh country in France and The Netherlands. You can also rent bikes and plan your own tour in the steps of Van Gogh. If cycling is not...
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Oct 20, 2009
2 CommentsVan Gogh: Brush with Genius Brings Artist to Life
Over the weekend, I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Van Gogh: Brush with Genius at a local OMNIMAX theatre. The film by Peter Knapp and Francois Bertrand, brings to life the words and works of Van Gogh on a larger than life scale. Narrated though the words of Van Gogh, as taken from his...
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Oct 09, 2009
1 CommentNew Van Gogh Museum iPhone App
A new application for the iPhone called “Yours, Vincent” is now available for Van Gogh fans to download. The application takes iPhone users through selected accounts from Vincent van Gogh’s letters along with accompanying images of his works. The app was developed to go along with the exhibit “Van Gogh’s Letters: The Artist Speaks” which...
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Oct 02, 2009
2 CommentsVan Gogh Gallery on Facebook
The Van Gogh Gallery is now on Facebook! Because of the high level of interest from our audience in updates and information on all things related to the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, we have created our own Facebook page. Become a fan and help us get the conversation started! Our intention is...
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Sep 23, 2009
2 CommentsShare Your Drawing
I recently received another inquiry about some drawings owned by a Van Gogh Gallery visitor. The four drawings shown were sent to me with the following inquiry: “I purchased 4 pencil drawings some years back at a flea market. They aren’t signed but 3 different museums have said that they are late 1800′s and look...
