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7 Facts About Vincent van Gogh
He is one of the most famous and influential artists of all time, but Vincent van Gogh struggled in obscurity during his ...
Recreating the Van Gogh legacy from ocean debris
"OceanArt" expo showcases upcycled marine waste into Van Gogh-inspired art, raising awareness on ocean plastic pollution.
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Paint 26 Portraits of a Postman and His Family While Staying in the South of France?
The artist met Joseph Roulin, a 47-year-old postal worker, in the late 1880s. The series of artworks will be reunited at ...
How the First Vincent van Gogh Piece Was Acquired in the US: Book Excerpt
Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...
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Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle
Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in ...
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Did someone really find a Van Gogh at a Minnesota yard sale?
Its new owner, LMI Group International, claims it can prove it was painted by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh in France in 1889.
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17 Unique Facts About Van Gogh’s Yellow-Hued Series Of Sunflowers
Yellow was a favourite colour of Vincent Van Gogh that lived in most of his paintings - sunflowers, wheat ears, landscapes at harvest time, and in the light of the sun. From the stay in Arles ...
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Why This Van Gogh Portrait Was Left Forgotten in a Chicken Coop
Following hospitalization for a severed ear, Van Gogh created this "keepsake" for his doctor, which soon ended up in a ...
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The hidden science swirling in ‘The Starry Night’
The famous painting from Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh has sparked controversy among physicists. Two decades ago, a pair of physicists stood in a museum in Madrid contemplating the ...