Getty Museum On May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital, he began a painting of some flowers in the institution’s garden. The resulting Irises ...
A new analysis of the artist's "The Little Cat" has uncovered a wealth of new information about the strange artwork—including ...
When Vincent van Gogh painted his glorious sunflowers in Arles, every single one of them was for Paul Gauguin, whom he’d ...
Some famous pieces of art have sold for astronomical prices in the last decade. Art collectors seem like they will empty ...
The paintings and drawings came for the greater part from two famous collections owned respectively by the Kröller-Műller Museum and J.V.W. Van Gogh, the artist’s nephew. The opportunities for seeing ...
The traumas of his life, documented in his letters, have tended to dominate and distort modern perceptions of his art. In 1888 Van Gogh settled in Arles in Provence, where he was visited by Gauguin ...
He tried different jobs, from art dealer to schoolmaster and lay preacher. Eventually he found his calling on the advice of his younger brother Theo. During his time in London, Vincent visited famous ...
At the Getty Center in Los Angeles, a painting by Vincent van Gogh called Irises is on display and has been seen by many ...
A technical analysis of the 1888 Paul Gauguin painting, The Little Cat, reveals hidden details, including a dead beetle.
Even with artists and paintings, Japan did not disappoint and produced some masterpieces that are loved by people all around the world. One of the most famous and easily recognisable Japanese ...
a major restoration of the world-famous artwork has now begun. “The entire life of the 400-year-old painting is becoming visible again,” Casper van der Kruit of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam said.