Posts Tagged: Van Gogh
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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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Mar 08, 2011
No CommentsVan Gogh Android App Brings Great Art to Your Phone
Technology is advancing the ways in which we can access great art. The Google Art Project which debuted in the last month, for example, gives viewers an inside and up close look at museums and artwork from around the world. Just yesterday, the Van Gogh Gallery announced the launch of our new Android App. With...
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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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Dec 28, 2010
1 CommentVan Gogh Exhibitions in 2011
Each year Van Gogh fans from all over the world flock to museums to see his works in person. Next year proves to be no exception as there are already several impressive exhibitions scheduled and opportunities available for Van Gogh lovers to experience his works first hand. Completing its tour of Japan next year will...
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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....
