Van Gogh Museum

When thinking of the Netherlands, people often think of windmills in endless fields of tulips. Not stopping there, the country is also the birthplace of the famous painter Vincent Willem van Gogh, one of the world's greatest and most famous painters with famous paintings such as The Starry Night. , Sunflowers, and the Night Café in Arles (Café Terrace at Night). After his death, the Van Gogh museum was established to store his works.

Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1853) was a post-impressionist painter. He is considered one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western painting. During the last two years of his life, painter Van Gogh created 860 oil paintings and in a decade he created nearly 2100 works of art.

His works mostly consist of landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, characterized by bold tones and dramatic brushstrokes expressing the expressiveness and impulsiveness that have contributed to his work. creating the foundation of contemporary art. Unfortunately, his works of art were not recognized by society until he died by suicide at the age of 37 after years of struggling with poverty and depression.

Café Terrace at Night

Sidewalk Coffee at Night (also known as Café Terrace at Night or The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum) is one of Van Gogh's famous oil paintings created in mid-September 1888. while he was in the city of Arles, France. The painting is inspired by other works made in the same time period with the stars on the canvas looking like miniature flowers that within a year were upgraded to two versions of Bright Sunflowers . glare and swirls in the Starry Night .

A night full of stars

The work A Starry Night (also known as A Starry Night or De sterrennacht) is one of the most famous paintings in the world with a post-impressionist style, painted by artist Van Gogh in June 1889. Through his memory of his time at the Saint-Rámy-de-Provence hospital, he depicted the scene outside the hospital room window through this oil painting. This painting is a huge milestone marking the turning point in his career as well as his way of drawing towards more creative freedom.

Sunflower

Sunflowers ( or Sunflowers or Tournesols) is the name of two series of still life paintings by artist Van Gogh. The first series of paintings was done in 1887 in Paris, depicting flowers lying on the ground. Meanwhile, the second series (made in 1888 in Arles) depicts a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase. Both sets of paintings are connected with the name of a friend of his: the painter Paul Gauguin., who purchased the first two series of Van Gogh's paintings.

The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum dedicated to displaying the works of the artist Van Gogh during his stay in Amsterdam. This museum is located in Museum Square in the southern districts of Amsterdam, close to the three museums Stedelijk, Rijksmuseum, and Concertgebouw. Here, visitors will admire the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings, especially lesser-known paintings that show his painting journey through each stage. The passage that art enthusiasts are always looking for. The most typical in the collection on display at the Van Gogh museum are paintings such as Sunflowers (Sunflowers) worth more than 100 million USD, The Bedroom (painting of his bedroom while staying in Arles, also the same. when Café Terrace at Night was born) worth up to 152 million USD, or Self-Portrait with Gray Felt Hat (sold for 81.3 million USD in 2017) and Self-Portrait as a Painter (for nearly 130 million USD) from his collection of famous self-portraits.

Admission will be around €19 for adults and free for children under 18.