Posts Tagged: Nuenen
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Dec 11, 2012
No CommentsThe Vicarage at Nuenen
Nuenen is a small town in the North Brabant district of the Netherlands where Vincent van Gogh lived from 1883-1885. In 1882, Van Gogh’s father became a pastor in Nuenen, and the family lived in the vicarage, the residence provided by the church, also known as a parsonage or rectory. In early December of 1883,...
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Nov 20, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh’s Church Paintings
On June 17, 1876, Van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, about his love for the church, “But the reason I would much sooner give for commending myself to you is my innate love of the church and everything to do with the church, which may lie dormant from time to time but always reawakens;...
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Oct 23, 2012
1 CommentPaintings of Nuenen Churches by Van Gogh
In 1884 and 1885 Van Gogh created several church paintings depicting two different churches, both in the small village of Nuenen in the North Brabant district of the Netherlands. It was here that Van Gogh’s father became a pastor in 1882. Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen, 1884 is a painting of his father’s...
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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...
