A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, ...

Vincent van Gogh, “Self-Portrait” (1889) (courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) We hope you enjoyed this article! Before you keep reading, please consider supporting Hyperallergic’s ...

Before leaving Paris, Van Gogh painted an 1887 self portrait, on loan here from the ... bald pate, small grey eyes, high-colored full cheeks, a big beard, pepper and salt, big ears,” Van Gogh ...

The final section of the exhibit shares Van Gogh’s last self portrait and famous watercolor of his bedroom in the yellow house, painted in Saint-Remy, reminiscing of his time in Arles. Photographs of ...

Yet, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston uses its new exhibition, “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits,” to prompt visitors to reconsider this legendary artist in a new light. The new exhibition ...

When Van Gogh’s painting ... recalled many years later that the Roulin portrait had been returned to the Leicester Galleries because the Courtauld trustees felt that “his beard was too ...

However, LMI uncovered an earlier 1883 patent, making its use plausible during van Gogh’s lifetime. According to the LMI report, Elimar may be a spiritual self-portrait, reflecting van Gogh’s ...