Still Life with a Plate of Onions (January 1889) is a highly personal painting, reflecting Van Gogh’s life after the crisis with Gauguin in Arles. Vincent had mutilated his ear just before ...

Vincent van Gogh, “Postman Joseph Roulin,” 1888. ... One hand rests awkwardly on the chair’s slender arm, the other on the protruding corner of a table.

Born March 30th, 1853 in Holland, Vincent van Gogh was the eldest son of a Protestant minister. Vincent was expected to conform to a strict, religious upbringing. At the age of 16, he went to work ...