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The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of art works by Vincent van Gogh in the world. The permanent collection includes more than 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 500 drawings and more than 800 letters. The museum also presents exhibitions on various subjects from 19th-century art history.

30/08/2026

After admitting himself to the psychiatric institution in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Vincent hoped to find peace. As soon as he was able, he ventured into the gardens to paint and draw, finding inspiration in nature around him. It was in these gardens that he found this scene.

Look closely and you'll notice the contrast in his approach: the delicate blossoms are painted with remarkable naturalism, while the leaves are simplified into flat areas of green, outlined with bold blue strokes.

What detail catches your eye first, the blossoms or the leaves?
🖼️ ‘Wild Roses’, 1889 © Van Gogh Museum

29/08/2026

The story behind this painting. 🖼️
Long before Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec became one of the great names in modern art, Vincent and Theo were already collecting his work.

In 1888, Theo bought ‘Young Woman at a Table, 'Poudre de riz'’ directly from the artist, after getting to know him through Vincent. That's how it became part of our museum collection.

They saw something special in this young artist.
What do you think caught their eye?

🖼️ Now on view in the exhibition ‘Vincent's Path to Fame’, until 6 September.

28/08/2026

Let's see how observant you are... 👀 There’s quite a bit to unpack here!
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary evening scene. But Vincent unknowingly also documented the changing city of Paris. In the distance, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica is still under construction. While the young trees reveal that the park itself was relatively new. There are 3 tiny figures placed underneath, did you spot them?
Small details sometimes tell great stories.

🖼️ ‘Square Saint-Pierre at Sunset’, 1887 © Van Gogh Museum

27/08/2026

To Van Gogh, every tree called for a different brushstroke.
Each one inspired a different way of painting. Olive trees became expressive, with twisting trunks reflected in energetic, swirling brushstrokes.

Blossoming fruit trees in Arles (FR) were painted with a lighter palette and in an Impressionistic style. His later paintings of blossoming trees were even inspired by Japanese prints.

By changing his technique, Vincent wasn't just painting trees, he was capturing what made each one unique.

26/08/2026

Can you 'smell the soil'? 🌿 That's what Vincent hoped you would experience when looking at his painting of olive groves. He wrote: ‘What I've done is a rather harsh and coarse realism beside their abstractions, but it will nevertheless impart the rustic note, and will smell of the soil.’

Vincent wanted his olive groves to give a feeling of being deeply connected to nature. And, if you zoom in, you'll discover a surprising palette of bright colours hidden throughout the landscape. (2)

Van Gogh wasn't trying to copy nature exactly, he was trying to capture its atmosphere.
💬 Do these colours make the landscape feel more real to you, or less?

25/08/2026

Fun fact: When Vincent signed and dated his paintings, it usually meant that he was satisfied with his work.

Can you recognize the paintings these signatures belong to?

24/08/2026

Van Gogh only sold one work? Well… not quite.
This painting, ‘The Red Vineyard’, sold for 400 francs to Belgian painter and collector Anna Boch, the sister of Vincent’s artist friend Eugène Boch.
But Vincent also traded paintings, drawings and prints – another form of value and exchange.
He even felt awkward about not offering a friend ‘mates’ rates’. If only he knew what his work would be worth one day.

🖼️ © Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

23/08/2026

Case File 2/3 🔍 Every answer creates a new suspect.

The evidence points to something that shouldn't exist. But is it the breakthrough we've been waiting for… or another dead end?

ASML works with the Van Gogh Museum to preserve Van Gogh's heritage through technology.

22/08/2026

Did you expect ‘Sunflowers’ to look this bright? 🌻

Van Gogh painted ‘Sunflowers’ using three types of chrome yellow. Over the past 130 years, these pigments have gradually darkened – especially in the flowers and the lower background.

By recreating the pigments Vincent used, scientists tried to reconstruct how the colours originally looked. The result? A bouquet that glows with bright, vivid yellow hues.

🖼️ ‘Sunflowers’, 1888 © Van Gogh Museum

21/08/2026

This painting was made in a fragile moment. Painted soon after Van Gogh was discharged from hospital, this still life carries more than bright citrus 🍋🍊
In a letter to his brother Theo (23 January, 1889), he mentions creating this painting alongside several other matters, including the need to make money through picture sales. So while painting this work, he likely had the market in mind.

Look closer: the woven basket, prickly cypress branches, and even a pair of blue garden gloves. Van Gogh said it had ‘an almost chic little look to it.’ ✨

🖼️ ‘Still Life of Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves’, 1889 © National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Museumplein 6
Amsterdam
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Maandag	09:00 - 17:00
Dinsdag	09:00 - 17:00
Woensdag	09:00 - 17:00
Donderdag	09:00 - 17:00
Vrijdag	09:00 - 21:00
Zaterdag	09:00 - 17:00
Zondag	09:00 - 17:00

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