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Artist: Vincent van Gogh
A docent-led visit to Vincent van Gogh's painting of his own bedroom in the Yellow House in Arles, made in October 1888. The tour explains what the room contains, why Van Gogh chose to flatten the space and leave out shadows, how the colours have changed over time, and what the picture meant to him.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
A gallery reading of Vincent van Gogh's September 1888 painting of the Rhône at Arles, focusing on the one subject the supplied record documents, the river at night, and keeping everything else at the strength the evidence allows.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
A midday pause in the harvest, painted by Vincent van Gogh after a composition by Jean-François Millet. This short tour looks at how Van Gogh turned Millet's scene of rest into a painting of heat, colour and quiet.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
A docent-led reading of Van Gogh's Almond Blossom, painted in February 1890 as a gift for his brother Theo and sister-in-law Jo after the birth of their son Vincent Willem. The tour connects the painting's blue sky, white blossom and Japanese-inspired design to its occasion, and separates what we can see from what the museum and letters establish.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
A portrait print of Doctor Paul Gachet, made at Auvers in May 1890, with a foxglove plant at the left edge that connects the sitter's profession to a medicine that is also a poison.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
A docent-led reading of Van Gogh's wide, stormy wheatfield at Auvers-sur-Oise, built from the Van Gogh Museum's object record and curatorial interpretation. The account distinguishes the painting's documented subject and colour structure from the popular legend that it was his farewell, and explains what the museum does and does not support.
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