Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh was a surprisingly prolific artist, in just 10 years he created 864 paintings and almost 1,200 prints and drawings.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is the largest collection of Van Gogh’s creations in the world, with 200 paintings, 437 drawings and 31 prints, including the famous Sunflowers, White Garden and Yellow House, as well as many self-portraits by the artist. Works by other celebrated 19th-century painters, including Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jean-François Millet, are also on view. The museum recently acquired two paintings by Monet dating from his Dutch period.
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A visit to the Van Gogh Museum is impossible to forget. The museum consists of two buildings: the original main part, designed by Gerrit Rietveld, opened in 1973, while the exhibition wing, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, opened in 1999. Kisho Kurokawa’s elliptical-shaped modern structure blends well with Rietveld’s functional design building next door.
.The Van Gogh Museum faces Paulus Potterstraat and Museumplein. A few years ago, a highway ran through this square, and the square was rather impersonal. Now, however, it is a large open space where you can meet, stroll around and discuss the works of art that visitors have just had the opportunity to see.
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