Life journey in Brabant

The journey of Vincent's life through Brabant

Brabant is a must-visit destination for anyone with an interest in Vincent's life and work. He spent most of his life in Brabant, and it helped to shape him as a person and as a painter. He was always nostalgic about Brabant, the place where his deep affection for nature and rural life was born.

 

  • 1884-1885: The Roosdonck windmill

    Nuenen: This windmill was built and commissioned during the period that Vincent was living and working in Nuenen.

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    1884-1885: The Roosdonck windmill
  • 1885: Peasant woman digging

    Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch: Figure studies of peasants working in the fields symbolized for Vincent the unity of people with nature.

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    1885: Peasant woman digging Van Gogh, Spitting Peasant Woman, 1885
  • 1885: Mill De Vogelenzang

    Lieshout: During his stay in Nuenen Vincent often went out.

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    1885: Mill De Vogelenzang Van Gogh, Wheat field with sheaves and a mill, 1885, VGM Amsterdam
  • 1885: The Potato Eaters House

    Nuenen: In Vincent's time a farmhouse belonging to the De Groot family stood here. Vincent made a painting of the farmhouse and the family posed as models for countless studies of peasant's faces and hands.

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    1885: The Potato Eaters House
  • 1885: Stone printer Gestel

    Eindhoven: The Gestel stone printer was located behind the Gestel family's home on Lange Dijk 8 (now called Vestdijk). Vincent visited the stone printer often to buy printing ink, which he used to darken his paint.

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    1885: Stone printer Gestel Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885, lithograph, VGM Amsterdam
  • 1888-1889: Mother and Willemien van Gogh's house

    Breda: From 1888 till 1889 Vincent's mom and his youngest sister Willemien lived on the Haagdijk in Breda.

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    1888-1889: Mother and Willemien van Gogh's house Van Gogh, landscape with pollarded birches, 1884 Private collection (from Breda crates)