Vincent van Gogh: Media
Dutch painter
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Images
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, oil on artist's board on cradled panel by Vincent van Gogh,...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Joseph Winterbotham Collection, reference no. 1954.326 (CC0)
Vincent van Gogh: The Potato Eaters
The Potato Eaters, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1885; in the Van Gogh...
The Picture Art Collection/Alamy
Vincent van Gogh: Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (AsniĂšres)
Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (AsniĂšres), oil on canvas by Vincent...
Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and Roger McCormick (1965.1169), www.artic.edu
Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night Over the RhĂŽne
Starry Night Over the RhĂŽne, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1888, in...
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Vincent van Gogh: The Bedroom
The Bedroom, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Art Institute...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, reference no. 1926.417 (CC0)
Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers
Detail of Sunflowers, oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, 1888; in the Neue...
© Scala/Art Resource, New York
Vincent van Gogh: The Old Tower in the Fields
The Old Tower in the Fields, oil on canvas on cardboard by Vincent van Gogh,...
g_muradinâiStock/Thinkstock
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1887; in...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967, (67.187.70a), www. metmuseum.org
Gogh, Vincent van: Sunflowers
Sunflowers, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1887; in the Metropolitan...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Rogers Fund, 1949 (49.41)
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, 1887; in the Rijksmuseum,...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Gift of F.W.M., Baroness Bonger-van der Borch van Verwolde, Almen)
Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers
Sunflowers, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1888; in the National Gallery,...
© Corel
Vincent van Gogh: Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase
Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, c. 1889â90;...
Photograph by Trevor Little. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1993.400.4)
Vincent van Gogh: L'ArlĂ©sienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (nĂ©e Marie Julien, 1848â1911)
L'ArlĂ©sienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (nĂ©e Marie Julien, 1848â1911),...
Photograph by dmadeo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (51.112.3)
Vincent van Gogh: Women Picking Olives
Women Picking Olives, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Metropolitan...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1995, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002. (1995.535)
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889;...
© Art Media/Print CollectorâHulton Archive/Getty Images
Vincent van Gogh: Corridor in the Asylum
Corridor in the Asylum, oil color and essence over black chalk on pink laid...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1948 (accession no. 48.190.2); www.metmuseum.org
Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of Joseph Roulin
Portrait of Joseph Roulin, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France,...
Photograph by Stephen Sandoval. Museum of Modern Art, New York City, gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosenberg, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos, The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, Mr. and Mrs. Werner E. Josten, and Loula D. Lasker Bequest (all by exchange)
Vincent van Gogh: Wheat Field with Cypresses
Wheat Field with Cypresses, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 (accession no. 1993.132); www.metmuseum.org
Vincent van Gogh: Cypresses
Cypresses, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Metropolitan...
Photograph by dmadeo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Rogers Fund, 1949 (49.30)
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the National Gallery...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney, accession no. 1998.74.5
Vincent van Gogh: Irises
Irises, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Getty Museum, Los...
J. Paul Getty Museum (object no. 90.PA.20); digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Vincent van Gogh: The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), oil on canvas by Vincent...
The Cleveland Museum of Art; gift of the Hanna Found 1947.209; www.clevelandart.org
Vincent van Gogh: Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant)
Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant), oil on canvas by...
Photograph by Jenny O'Donnell. Indianapolis Museum of Art, gift of Mrs James W. Fesler in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon, 44.74
Vincent van Gogh: The Olive Trees
The Olive Trees, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, Saint-RĂ©my, JuneâJuly...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest
Vincent van Gogh: Irises
Irises, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1890; in the Metropolitan Museum...
Photograph by dmadeo. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, gift of Adele R. Levy, 1958 (58.187)
Vincent van Gogh: Vase of Roses
Vase of Roses, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1890; in the Metropolitan...
Photograph by Trevor Little. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1993, bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1993.400.5)
Vincent van Gogh: Wheatfield with Crows
Wheatfield with Crows, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1890; in the Van...
© Photos.com/Jupiterimages
Vincent van Gogh: The Night Café
The Night Café, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1888; in the Yale University...
Yale University Art Gallery; bequest of Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. (1961.18.34)
Vincent van Gogh: La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851â1930)
La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851â1930),...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1996, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (accession no. 1996.435); www.metmuseum.org
Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night
The Starry Night, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the Museum...
History Archive/REX/Shutterstock.com
Vincent van Gogh: letter
Signature of Vincent van Gogh at the end of a letter he sent to John Peter Russell...
Oli ScarffâGetty Images News/Thinkstock
Van Gogh Museum
Exterior view of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, showing the original building designed...
© Shawn McCullars
Vincent van Gogh: View of Arles
View of Arles, reed pen drawing by Vincent van Gogh, 1888â89; in the Museum...
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Wheat Field with Crows by Vincent van Gogh
Wheat Field with Crows by Vincent van Gogh, 1890; in the Van Gogh Museum,...
Peter Horree/Alamy
Vincent van Gogh: A Wheatfield, with Cypresses
A Wheatfield, with Cypresses, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in...
© Photo 12âUniversal Images Group/Getty Images
Interactives
In focus: The Starry Night
An interactive look at Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night.
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In focus: Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night
Interactive The Starry Night, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in...
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