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Vincent van Gogh

Stories tagged Vincent van Gogh.

Where to See ItWhere to Discover Art in AmsterdamA first-timer’s route through the city’s great museums — Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh in an afternoon.Artist StoriesDid Van Gogh Really Cut Off His Ear — and Why?The most famous act of self-harm in art history, minus the myths.Behind the MasterpieceWhy Is "The Starry Night" So Famous?A painting made from an asylum window, from memory more than from the sky itself.Behind the MasterpieceWhy Did Van Gogh Paint So Many Sunflowers?A cheap yellow flower became his signature — and a welcome sign for a friend who disappointed him.Artist StoriesWho Was Vincent van Gogh?He sold almost nothing in his lifetime and became, a century later, the most beloved painter alive or dead.Artist StoriesWas Van Gogh Really Unknown When He Was Alive?The "starving genius who sold one painting" is half true — and the other half is more interesting.Where to See ItWhere Can You See Van Gogh’s Paintings?From Amsterdam to Chicago to a New York cypress grove — a map of the master’s masterpieces.Movements & IdeasWhat Is Post-Impressionism?Four very different artists, one restless question: what comes after the impression?