Mainmenu
Nationality/school
Dutch, French
Born
Zundert (place) 1853-03-30
Deceased
Auvers-sur-Oise 1890-07-29
died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound
Family relationships
this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).
older brother of art dealer and collector Theo van Gogh; nephew of Anton Mauve; nephew of Vincent van Gogh (1866-1911)
See also
In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).
collaboration
This person/entity in other databases
Suggested searches in RKDartists&
Biographical information
Education
autodidact
mainly self-taught
Académie des Beaux-Arts (Brussel)
enlisted in 1880-1881
Académie Cormon (Parijs)
Active in
  • Tilburg (plaats) 1866 - 1868
  • Den Haag (stad) 1869 - 1873
    Scheen 1981
  • Parijs 1873-05-12 - 1873-05-18
    vangoghroute.nl/frankrijk/parijs/ (2016-07-26)
  • Londen (Engeland) 1873-11 - 1875
  • Parijs 1874-10-26 - 1874-12-25
    vangoghroute.nl/frankrijk/parijs/ (2016-07-26)
  • Parijs 1875-05-14 - 1876-03-31
    Rented a room somewhere in Montmartre, address has not been preserved, shared it with Harry Gladwell (N. Bakker, Van Gogh en Montmartre, Amsterdam 2011, p. 6-7; vangoghroute.nl/frankrijk/parijs/ [2016-07-26])
  • Ramsgate (Kent) 1876-04 - 1876
    worked as a school teacher there (Scheen 1981)
  • Etten-Leur (plaats) 1876
    Christmas (Scheen 1981)
  • Dordrecht (stad) 1877-01 - 1877-04
    Scheen 1981
  • Amsterdam (stad) 1877-05-09 - 1878
    since 9 May 1877 (Jacobs 2000); till 1878, evangelical studies (Scheen 1981)
  • Borinage (streek) 1878-11 - 1879
  • Brussel 1880-10 - 1887-04
    Scheen 1981
  • Etten-Leur (plaats) 1881-04 - 1881-12
  • Den Haag (stad) 1881-12 - 1883-09
  • Nuenen 1883-12 - 1885-11
  • Antwerpen (stad) 1885 - 1886
  • Parijs 1886-02-28 - 1886-06-01
    Rue Laval 25 (historic address, curently: Rue Victor Massé 25). Lived together with his brother Theo van Gogh (Hulsker 1996, p. 223; Bakker 2011, p. 12-13)
  • Parijs 1886-06-01 - 1888-02-19
    Rue Lepic 54. Lived together with his brother Theo van Gogh on the fourth floor (Bakker 2011, p. 12-13, 56 and 78)
  • Arles (Frankrijk) 1888-02-21 - 1889-05
  • Parijs 1889 - 1890
    gave his brother's address: cité Pigalle 8 (cat. Salon des Independants 1889;1890)
  • Saint-Rémy (Bourgogne) 1889-05 - 1890-05
  • Auvers-sur-Oise 1890-05 - 1890-07
born in
active in
died in
Subjects
This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.
still life, flower piece, fruit piece, vegetable still life, book still life, figure, landscape (genre), cityscape, interior view, portrait, self-portrait, Christian religious scene
Medium/technique
oil paint
Art movement
Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.
Neo-Impressionism
werd genoemd de meester van het neo-impressionisme
Creation date: 1993-09-20; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

Comments

No comments

My selections

My selections

Your current selection will be lost. Are you sure?