Now Vincent van Gogh exhibitions are blockbusters around the world. In 1990, his Portrait of Dr. Gachet sold for $82.5 million at Christie's, setting a new record for a single painting. Home / ART ...

7 Facts About Vincent van Gogh. Story by David Sheward • 5d. H e is one of the most famous and influential artists of all time, but Vincent van Gogh struggled in obscurity during his brief life.

By Vincent van Gogh - repro from art book, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons. In January of 1889, van Gogh wrote to Theo, explaining how he felt the third and fourth Sunflowers from Arles would ...

After dozens of biographies, thousands of articles, and millions of visitors to his museum in Amsterdam, there is still a good amount unknown about the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Though his ...

In less than a week Van Gogh painted a series of still-lifes of Sunflowers. Although they failed to sell during his lifetime, they would now be worth an unimaginable sum. Today the Sunflowers are ...

Vincent van Gogh had many siblings, but the one he was closest to was Theo. In fact, it wouldn't be wrong to say that Theo was not just a younger brother, but also his confidant, friend, and the ...

Still-life with Coffee Pot was painted a fortnight after Van Gogh rented the Yellow House in Arles in May 1888. Excited at being able to move into the first house he had ever rented for himself ...

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) had been dead for 32 years before any American museum bought a painting by him. While he was famously (if exaggeratedly) unsuccessful in life, by then Europe had long ...

After dozens of biographies, thousands of articles, and millions of visitors to his museum in Amsterdam, there is still a good amount unknown about the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Though his life ...