The Van Gogh Museum is constantly working on the collection catalogue of the paintings and drawings by Van Gogh’s contemporaries in the museum’s collection.
From early 2023, the scholarly entries are being published in phases on the Collection Catalogues website. This part addresses the collection of works by contemporaries of Vincent and Theo that the brothers collected during their lives.
Theo and Vincent
Theo and Vincent van Gogh together collected more than 75 paintings and 80 drawings, including the work of Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Hans Heyerdahl and Theophile de Bock. This group of works is at the heart of the Van Gogh Museum’s contemporaries collection.
The Van Gogh Museum celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023. Theo and Vincent van Gogh’s contemporaries collection has been fundamental to the museum collection from the outset, which is why detailed research is being conducted on these works to mark the anniversary.
A special selection of 112 works are comprehensively charted in scholarly entries, while an in-depth introductory essay offers a chronological overview of the genesis of the collection.
The catalogue is the result of long-term provenance and art-historical research. This is the first time that the Van Gogh Museum is publishing in-depth research on these works.
Collection Catalogues platform
Since 2023, the entries have been published in phases on the Van Gogh Museum Collection Catalogues website.
The catalogue of paintings and drawings by Odilon Redon, which was originally published in PDF format in 2022, has also been included on this platform. In the future, all catalogues of paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh will also be included. Until now, these have only been published in book form and as PDFs on the Collection Catalogues website.
Ongoing research
To this day, the Van Gogh Museum continues to add to the collection started by Theo and Vincent. Targeted acquisitions fill the gaps in their collection, helping to create a more complete picture of Van Gogh’s time.
The research into the paintings and drawings continues unabated, which means that recent acquisitions such as Woman Bathing by Edgar Degas and Plate of Peaches by Gustave Caillebotte will also be included in the catalogue.
Contact
Joost van der Hoeven, Research Associate: j.vanderhoeven@vangoghmuseum.nl
