Weg met knotwilgen en man met bezem
© Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe family tree of the Vincent van Gogh family starts with Jan van Gogh and Jannetje den Meer, in 1575 in the vicinity of Den Haag.
Read furtherBreda: Vincents grandfather, who came from an art loving family from De Hague, was a preacher of the Grote Kerk and the Koninklijke Militaire Academie.
Read furtherZundert: Vincent grew up as the son of the minister Theodorus van Gogh, who preaced in this church in Zundert.
Read furtherZundert: The grave of Vincent’s oldest brother who was stillborn can still be seen in the graveyard.
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Zundert: On March 30rd 1853 Vincent van Gogh was born in Zundert.
Read furtherZundert: The old village school was formerly situated on the corner of the market place, opposite Hotel de Roskam. Vincent received lessons there from January to October 1861.
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Zundert: In 1910 Vincent’s sister Lies wrote some romanticised memoirs of her brother and their childhood in Zundert.
Read furtherZevenbergen: The Jan Provily boarding school, in Zundert, for boys was formerly housed in this building.
Read furtherTilburg: The High School was housed in the former town palace of Willem II in 1866. Vincent received lessons here from one of the best drawing teachers of the time: Constant Cornelis Huijsmans.
Read furtherTilburg: At this location on Korvel 57, there once stood the house of the Chief Customs Officer for Taxes, Jan Hannik and his wife Adriana van der Griend. Vincent lodged here
Read furtherHelvoirt: Vincent never lived in Helvoirt. He had left the parental home two years earlier.
Read furtherHuize Mertersem in Breda. Woonhhuis oom Cent van Vincent van Gogh
Breda: Vincent’s rich godfather, the art dealer Vincent van Gogh, who for health reasons had returned from his busy commercial life in Paris, lived in this villa.
Read furtherEtten-Leur: After several relations Vincent decided to become an artist and returned to his parental home in Etten.
Read furtherEtten-Leur: Vincent felt misunderstood by his parents- a well known phenomenon.
Read furtherEtten-Leur: Vincent looked close to home for his models.
Read furtherEtten-Leur: In the summer of 1881 Vincents' cousin Kee Vos lodged at the presbytery. Vincent fell madly in love with her.
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Etten-Leur: In Etten Vincent discovered the Pollard Willows.
Read furtherEtten-Leur: Vincent often visited the farm "Boerderij D'n IJzeren Pot", where Piet Kaufmann lived with his mother and his younger sister.
Read furtherNuenen: Vincent painted this church as a present for his mother
Read furtherNuenen: The family Van Gogh lived here from 1882 to 1885, Vincent from December 1883 to May 1884.
Read furtherNuenen: After a stay of three months in Drenthe, at the end of 1883 Vincent took the train to Nuenen where his father had been a minister since 1882.
Read furtherHet woonhuis van Antoon Hermans (Rechts naast Antiquariaat Dirven)
Eindhoven: This house was built by Pierre Cuypers on behalf of the retired goldsmith Antoon Hermans. Vincent gave painting lessons in the house of this amateur painter.
Read furtherVan Gogh, St. Clemenskerk Gerwen, 1883-84 VGM Amsterdam
© St. Clemenskerk Gerwen,1883-84, Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Stichting)Gerwen: Vincent van Gogh drew the St. Clemenskerk in Gerwen in December 1883.
Read furtherEindhoven: Vincent made regular trips to Eindhoven.
Read furtherVan Gogh, Wever voor getouw, werk uit 1884. Nuenen.
© KMM OtterloNuenen: Only one of the many weavers’ cottages which abounded in Nuenen during Van Gogh’s time still remains. It was built in 1763 and is now a listed building.
Read furtherNuenen: We now look out over meadows but Vincent would have seen the old tower of the 15th century church with its graveyard.
Read furtherNuenen: The artist Anthon van Rappard, whom Vincent had met in Brussels in 1880 visited Van Gogh several times when he was living and working in Nuenen. They went out painting together.
Read furtherDe woning van Koster Schafrat waar Vincent atelier had
Nuenen: From May 1884 Vincent rented a studio from the Catholic verger Johannes Schafrat at what was then the Heieind 540. This space was more suitable for working with models.
Read furtherNuenen: The Begemann family lived in Huis Nuneville. Vincent and Margot fell in love with each other.
Read furtherWillem van de Wakker (1859 - 1927) Amateurschilder en leerling van Vincent
Eindhoven: As an amateur painter Willem van de Wakker had lessons from Vincent.
Read furtherVan Gogh, De hut, 1885 VGM Amsterdam
© VGM AmsterdamHet Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch: The thatched peasants’ houses in Nuenen and the surrounding area reminded Van Gogh think about the Brabant of his youth.
Read furtherVerfhandel Baijens. Op de foto het pand van Baijens omstreeks 1920.
Eindhoven: Jan Baijens (1838-1914) owned a paint shop which was located on the Rechtestraat C265 (now number 18).
Read furtherNuenen: This windmill was built and commissioned during the period that Vincent was living and working in Nuenen.
Read furtherVan Gogh, Spittende boerin, 1885
© Het Noordbrabants Museum 's-HertogenboschHet Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch: Figure studies of peasants working in the fields symbolized for Vincent the unity of people with nature.
Read furtherVan Gogh, Korenveld met schoven en een molen, 1885, VGM Amsterdam
© Korenveld met korenschelven en een molen Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Nuenen, augustus 1885 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Stichting)Lieshout: During his stay in Nuenen Vincent often went out.
Read furtherNuenen: In Vincent’s time a farmhouse belonging to the De Groot family stood here. Vincent made a painting of the farmhouse and the family posed as models for countless studies of peasant’s faces and hands.
Read furtherVan Gogh, De aardappeleters, 1885, litho, VGM Amsterdam
© VGM AmsterdamEindhoven: The Gestel stone printer was located behind the family Gestel’s home on Lange Dijk 8 (now called Vestdijk). Vincent visited the stone printer often to buy printing ink, which he used to darken his paint.
Read furtherVan Gogh, landschap met knotberken, 1884 Privécollectie (uit de Bredase kisten)
© Van Gogh, landschap met knotberken, 1884, Privécollectie (uit de Bredase kisten)Breda: From 1888 till 1889 Vincents' mom and his youngest sister Willemien lived on the Haagdijk in Breda.
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