The collection at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is the largest in the world, with over 200 paintings, 500 drawings and almost 700 handwritten letters (including correspondence with his brother Theo). This extraordinary museum, which attracts over a million visitors a year, exhibits not only Van Gogh’s paintings, but also works by contemporary artists who influenced the painter or were influenced by him. On display are paintings by Emile Bernard, Gustave Boulanger, Jules Breton, Maurice Denis, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Camille Pissaro, Paul Signac, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Georges Seurat, Kees van Dongen and Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
On the first floor, you’ll discover walls steeped in history. The story of Vincent Van Gogh is told painting by painting. His paintings are arranged in chronological order, so that you can easily observe the artist’s evolution: from his beginnings with rural scenes to the more tortured works at the end of his life. On the second floor, you’ll find research on some of Van Gogh’s paintings, as well as others attributed to him without any certainty. The third and final floor houses a collection of paintings dating from the 19th century. It provides an insight into the relationship between Van Gogh’s contemporaries and his works.
The visit to the Van Gogh Museum was made on June 8, 2013.
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