The works of tormented genius Vincent van Gogh
- Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is acknowledged as one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. His work is noted for its striking color, vigorous brushwork, and contoured forms—paintings that are among the greatest examples of Post-Impressionism art. Browse this gallery to admire famous and lesser-known works from this celebrated, but tormented, genius.
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'Self-Portrait' - Painted in 1887. Displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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'Irises' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
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'The Yellow House' - Painted in 1888. On display at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Postman Joseph Roulin' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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'Starry Night Over the Rhone' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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'Sunflowers, repetition of the 4th version (yellow background)' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Van Gogh's Chair' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at The National Gallery in London.
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'Still Life with Open Bible, Extinguished Candle and Novel' - Painted in 1885. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Ward in the Hospital in Arles' - Painted in 1889. Part of the Oskar Reinhart Collection "Am Römerholz" displayed in Winterthur, Switzerland.
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'Bedroom in Arles' - Painted in 1888. On display at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Le Moulin de Blute-Fin' - Painted in 1886. On display at Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo.
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'Portrait of Père Tanguy' - Painted in 1887. On display at the Musée Rodin in Paris.
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'The Night Café' - Painted in 1888. On display at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut.
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'Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.
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'The Red Vineyard' - Painted in 1888. On display at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
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'The Potato Eaters' - Painted in 1885. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'The Church at Auvers' - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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'Still Life: Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background' - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'The Old Mill' - Painted in 1888. On display at the Albright–Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
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'Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries' - Painted in 1888. On display at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Self-Portrait' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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'Paul Gauguin's Armchair' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Rooftops, View from the Atelier The Hague' - Painted in 1882. Held in a private collection.
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'Still Life with Glass of Absinthe and a Carafe' - Painted in 1887. On display at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'The Starry Night' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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'Peasant Woman Digging' - Also known as 'Woman with a Spade, Seen from Behind.' Painted in 1885. Displayed at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
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'Wheat Field at Auvers with White House' - Painted in 1890. Part of The Phillips Collection art museum in Washington, D.C.
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'L'Arlésienne: Madame Ginoux with Books' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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'The Round of the Prisoners' (after Doré) - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
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'Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
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'The Sower' (after Jean-François Millet) - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
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'Memory of the Garden at Etten' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
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'Two Peasant Women Digging in a Snow-Covered Field at Sunset' (after Jean-François Millet) - Painted in 1890. Part of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection in Zürich.
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'Road with Cypress and Star' - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
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'Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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'Almond Blossom' - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Eugène Boch (The Poet Against a Starry Sky)' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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'Self-Portrait' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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'Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the National Gallery in London.
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'Wheat Field with Cypresses' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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'Pink Peach Tree in Blossom (Reminiscence of Mauve)' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
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'Still Life: Pink Roses in a Vase' - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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'Enclosed Wheat Field with Rising Sun' - Painted in 1889. Displayed at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
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'The Pink Orchard' - Also known as 'Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Trees.' Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles' - Painted in 1889. Part of the Oskar Reinhart Collection "Am Römerholz" displayed in Winterthur, Switzerland.
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'Tree Roots' (detail) - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Orchard in Blossom, Bordered by Cypresses' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
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'Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds' (detail) - Painted in 1890. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'View of Arles, Flowering Orchards' - Painted in 1889. On display at Neue Pinakothek in Munich.
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'Self-Portrait with Straw Hat' - Painted in 1887–88. Displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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'The Sower with Setting Sun' - Painted in 1888. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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'Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe' - Painted in 1889. Held in a private collection.
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'Courtesan' (after Eisen)
- Painted in 1887. Displayed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. See also: Classic paintings with secret messages
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The works of tormented genius Vincent van Gogh
One of art's greatest painters ever was born on March 30, 1853
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Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is acknowledged as one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. His work is noted for its striking color, vigorous brushwork, and contoured forms—paintings that are among the greatest examples of Post-Impressionism art.
Browse this gallery to admire famous and lesser-known works from this celebrated, but tormented, genius.
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