Reuters

Van Gogh letters shed light on hard-working artist

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - An exhibition at London's Royal Academy seeks to deepen our understanding of the post-Impressionist master Vincent Van Gogh by displaying not only his paintings and drawings, ...
Houston Chronicle

Previously unknown Van Gogh letter surfaces at museum

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A Dutch museum dedicated to the life of Vincent Van Gogh said Thursday it had unveiled a newly discovered letter by the 19th century painter, shedding fresh light on his ...
The Conversation

Van Gogh Museum at 50: what painter’s letters to his family expose about why he became an artist

Vincent van Gogh fits the stereotypical image of the tragic modern artist: the tortured genius and scruffy bohemian battling mental ill-health and lack of recognition from peers and a public who ...
Reuters

Rare van Gogh letters offer insight into artist

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh had a simple philosophy for producing good work -- "you have to eat well, be well housed, have a screw from time to time, smoke your pipe and drink ...
WBUR

At the MFA, Van Gogh's portraits reveal his capacity for friendship

An installation view of the "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) If the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts, ...
Observer

Van Gogh’s Final Years Come to Life in ‘The Roulin Family Portraits’

Vincent van Gogh, Enclosed Field with Ploughman, 1889; Oil on canvas. Bequest of William A. Coolidge, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In 1889, at St. Rémy ...