Archive: Van Gogh Paintings
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Jul 20, 2011
No CommentsTop 10 Van Gogh Paintings
Van Gogh created almost 900 paintings during his lifetime; however, of these paintings, a certain few continually standout as favorites among most...
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Mar 22, 2011
1 CommentVan Gogh in Spring
Van Gogh approached spring with an eagerness to not only enjoy the rebirth of nature in spring, but to also share the colors of life in everything he saw and...
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Mar 16, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Gallery in London
Last month the Van Gogh Gallery team had the privilege of visiting The National Gallery in London to take in a few of Van Gogh’s masterpieces in person. The home of one of the greatest collections of Western European paintings, The National Gallery is a remarkable museum to...
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Feb 04, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Winter Paintings
For many, the winter months are bleak; gray days and harsh weather seeming to stretch on without an end in sight. Van Gogh often felt this way. In a letter to his brother Theo from 1879, Van Gogh wrote, “It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says, `The cold is too...
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Nov 11, 2010
3 CommentsVan Gogh Windmills
A native of Holland, many of Van Gogh’s early drawings depicted Dutch landscapes and life. A common fixture in the Dutch landscape even today is the windmill. Van Gogh created several different drawings containing windmills. The windmills were also a very popular subject for Van Gogh during his stay in Paris in 1886 and 1887....