TheCollector on MSN1d
New Exhibition Focuses on Van Gogh’s Roulin Family Portraits
When Vincent van Gogh moved in next door to Postman Joseph Roulin, he not only discovered a new friendship. In each member of ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN10d
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 ...
'A very deep bond of friendship': The surprising story of Van Gogh's guardian angel
At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...
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New Van Gogh exhibition coming to MFA Boston, a first in 25 years
A series of works by world-renowned Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh will be displayed ... at their friendship,” the MFA said. “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” exhibition will be on ...
Van Gogh or Faux? Weeding Out Fakes Is Starting to Take a Toll.
Attributing a work to the artist generally requires authentication by the Van Gogh Museum, but lawsuits and an influx of ...
The Art Newspaper15d
You’ve got mail: pathbreaking exhibition on Van Gogh’s postman opens shortly in Boston, then heads to Amsterdam
so her information came from other members of the family. Van Gogh, she said, would come “for soup” at their home. Van Gogh was a terrible cook, as Paul Gauguin recalled: “Vincent wanted to make a ...