Vincent van Gogh had his first drawing classes when he was 13 years old. He went to school in Tilburg, while he lived in a boarding house at the St. Anneplein.
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The high school was housed in the former town palace of Willem II in 1866. In Vincent's time this school had one of the best drawing teachers: Constant Cornelis Huijsmans. He worked according to traditional academic rules in which the drawing was central to the perception.
In the modern Vincent's Art Room you can see for yourself how Van Gogh's talents developed. Discover your own talents in the digital drawing room where you can set to work, and where workshops and master classes for all ages are given. It's located within walking distance of the central station close to Ontdekstation013 in the creative heart of Tilburg, the Spoorzone (Railway Zone).
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The Palace-Council House (City Hall) is the starting point of this cycle tour of 48 kilometers. This is where the young Vincent took his first real drawing lessons. Discover Vicnent's Tilburg and the landscape surounding the town.
Van Gogh cycle tour Tiblurg
Papenvoort 2
5671 CR Nuenen
Vincent van Gogh's father preached in this church in Nuenen.
Van Goghplein 1
4881 DA Zundert
Vincent grew up as the son of the minister Theodorus van Gogh who preached at this church in Zundert.
Gerwenseweg 4
5674 SG Nuenen
The farmhouse belonging to the De Groot family stood here in Vincent's time. Vincent painted the farmhouse...
Market 26
4881 CN Zundert
The Vincent van GoghHuis: a living arts center in the birthplace of Brabant's most famous artist ever,...
Berg 40
5671 CC Nuenen
Just one of the many weavers' houses that were in Nuenen in Van Gogh's time has been preserved. It was...
