A new exhibition chronicles how a paintings conservator and chemist solved a color mystery in one of the painter’s most beloved works.
Although the story of Van Gogh cutting off most of his ear is legendary, what has attracted little attention is that four days later, his colleague Paul Gauguin—who had discovered Van Gogh the ...
A team of scientists recently used astronomy to date Vincent van Gogh’s painting Lane of Poplars at Sunset. The painting depicts a street named Weverstraat, which ran through the center of the town of ...
A year before painting the self-portrait, Van Gogh had cut off his own ear after a row with his friend and fellow artist Paul Gauguin, beginning a long spell in and out of hospitals and asylums.