Posts Tagged: Van Gogh Portrait
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Feb 08, 2012
No CommentsVan Gogh Portraits
Among his collection of works, Van Gogh created close to 50 known portrait paintings. While some unfortunately have been lost, there are many others that hang on the walls of museums showing the faces of people who once knew the...
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Jul 08, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Portrait – Vincent or Theo
Over the past month, there has been a lot of coverage in the news about a Van Gogh self-portrait (Self Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887) which is now thought by the Van Gogh Museum to be a portrait not of Vincent, but instead of his brother Theo van...
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Apr 28, 2011
No CommentsDr. Gachet
Dr. Paul Gachet was Vincent’s doctor during the last few months of his life. Gachet treated Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise the small town just outside Paris where Van Gogh was living. Working in Paris, Gachet knew many of Van Gogh’s contemporaries including Renoir, Manet, Cezanne and...
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Jul 14, 2010
No CommentsAdeline Ravoux
At the end of his life, Van Gogh was living in the town of Auvers-sur-Oise, in France and staying in a small upstairs room at the Ravoux Inn. The Inn was owned and operated by the Ravoux family who had a daughter named Adeline. Adeline was a young girl when Vincent was living at the...
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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...
