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On A Fire in His Soul: Van Gogh, Paris, and the Making of an Artist, by Miles J. Unger. “You once said to me that I would always be isolated,” wrote Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo in 1884. It ...

Another method for dating Van ... Van Gogh walked on a chilly autumn afternoon and ponder how the artist, in his native Netherlands, was already interested in portraying sky phenomena, four ...

Autumn is arguably the best time to visit, as this is when the trees on either side of the bridge turn a dark shade of red, so that the palette of the natural landscape matches the ancient structure.

One of his earliest works, Landscape ... looming poplar trees lining both sides. The fall season is apparent in the vibrant red and orange leaves, made brighter by the dark blue sky of a setting sun.

Throughout his letters, van Gogh mentions cypresses 37 times. In one cryptic passage, he writes to his brother, Theo, that “[The cypress] is the dark patch in a sun-drenched landscape ...

Here's what four key artworks in the ... "It's the dark patch in a sun-drenched landscape," wrote Van Gogh to his brother Theo about the tone of the cypress trees that surrounded him.

Excerpts from his letters, in which van Gogh burbles over the trees’ beauty and wonders why “no one has yet done them as I see them,” darken the walls. In the exhibition catalogue ...

playing second fiddle to flowering peach trees or verdant fields. Throughout, Van Gogh’s confident mark making and bold use of color captivate. Featuring 24 paintings, 15 drawings, and four ...