We have recently added a Van Gogh video by Alexander Lukin and Alexander Chernov of the creative team LUCH to the Van Gogh Gallery. This video takes you though many of Van Gogh’s most famous drawings which they have animated and set to the music of Thom Yorke. If you haven’t checked out Van Gogh’s…
We have had some recent inquiries about Van Gogh’s vision and how it influenced his art work. Van Gogh’s vision problems could be attributed to several factors. It is thought that Van Gogh suffered from lead poisoning from all of the lead-based paints that he used. One of the symptoms of lead poisoning is swelling…
We recently received a request for more information about Van Gogh’s painting La Mousmé, Sitting and the specifically the meaning of La Mousmé in English. According to The National Gallery of Art website, La Mousmé “came from a character in a popular novel set in Japan. ‘A mousmé is a Japanese girl-Provençal in this case-twelve…
