Van Gogh House is a cultural site in Nieuw-Amsterdam, in the province of

Drenthe Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...

in the Netherlands. The painter

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...

stayed here for two months in 1883; the house is now a museum.

History

Van Gogh in Drenthe

Vincent van Gogh lived in

for three months from September 1883. He arrived in

Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout the town. Other v ...

, from The Hague, by train on 11 September, and lived in a guest house there for about two weeks."Van Gogh in Drenthe, The Netherlands"
Van Gogh Route Retrieved 21 December 2019."Van Gogh's verblijf in Drenthe"
Van Gogh Huis Drenthe. Retrieved 20 December 2019. He travelled by canal boat to Nieuw-Amsterdam, and lodged in a room in this house from 2 October. He explored the area, and he drew and painted. He wrote many letters to his brother

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in Paris. On 4 December he returned to Hoogeveen, and from there travelled by train to

Nuenen Nuenen () is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands. From 1883 to 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Nuenen. In 1944, a battle was fought there during Operation Market Garden. The local dialect is c ...

, his parents' home.

The house

The house was built in 1870 by J. A. Willinge Gratama, a lawyer in

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. In 1876 he sold it to Hendrik Scholte: he was Van Gogh's host during the painter's stay in Nieuw-Amsterdam. In 1904 Scholte sold the house to his son-in-law Andries Mol, and others later owned the building."Van Gogh Huis Drenthe"
Van Gogh Huis Drenthe. Retrieved 20 December 2019. In 1997 the ''Stichting Van Gogh & Drenthe'' (Van Gogh & Drenthe Foundation) began to plan its restoration, and the Van Gogh House was opened as a museum in March 2003. The room once occupied by Van Gogh is shown with furniture and his painting equipment, as it would have been during his stay.

References

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Van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artwork ...

History

Van Gogh in Drenthe

The house

See also

References