A studio in the parsonage washhouse
Father Theodorus van Gogh set up a small studio for Vincent in the washhouse at the back of the parsonage. Vincent didn’t work here for long because by May 1884 the many arguments he had with his father caused him to look for another place to work.
He found a new studio at the home of Johannes Schafrat who was the verger at the catholic Clemenskerk church in Nuenen. The verger’s house stood on the left of the church but was demolished in 1936. After the death of his father, Vincent went to live in the studio and it was here that he painted the Potato Eaters.