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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Paint 26 Portraits of a Postman and His Family While Staying in the South of France?
The artist met Joseph Roulin, a 47-year-old postal worker, in the late 1880s. The series of artworks will be reunited at ...
'A very deep bond of friendship': The surprising story of Van Gogh's guardian angel
At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...
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You’ve got mail: pathbreaking exhibition on Van Gogh’s postman opens shortly in Boston, then heads to Amsterdam
While painting Joseph Roulin and his wife and children, Vincent wrote in great excitement: “I’ve done the portraits of an entire family” ...
The expertly curated, guaranteed-to-please, Globe spring arts calendar
From theater to dance to top literary events, here are 30 can’t-miss events around New England as selected by Globe arts ...
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Loving Vincent - Full Cast & Crew
A year after the death of artist Vincent van Gogh (Robert Gulaczyk), Postman Joseph Roulin Chris O'Dowd) gets his slacker son, Armand (Douglas Booth), to hand deliver the artist's final letter ...
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Van Gogh's Guardian Angel: The Surprising Story of a Deep Friendship
A new exhibition explores this close friendship, and how it benefited art history. On 23 December, 1888, the day that Vincent ...
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You’ve got mail: pathbreaking exhibition on Van Gogh’s postman opens shortly in Boston, then heads to Amsterdam
Although Van Gogh often led a lonely life in Provence, he found a true friend in Joseph Roulin, a 47-year-old postal official at the railway station in Arles. Roulin proved loyal when times were ...