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Van Gogh House (Drenthe)

Coordinates: 52°42′57″N 6°50′59″E / 52.71583°N 6.84972°E / 52.71583; 6.84972
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Van Gogh House
Van Gogh Huis
The house in 2019
Map
General information
AddressVan Goghstraat 1
7844 NP Veenoord/Nieuw Amsterdam
CountryNetherlands
Coordinates52°42′57″N 6°50′59″E / 52.71583°N 6.84972°E / 52.71583; 6.84972
Website
https://www.vangogh-drenthe.nl/en/

Van Gogh House is a cultural site in Nieuw-Amsterdam, in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. The painter Vincent van Gogh stayed here for two months in 1883; the house is now a museum.

History

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Van Gogh in Drenthe

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Vincent van Gogh lived in Drenthe for three months from September 1883. He arrived in Hoogeveen, from The Hague, by train on 11 September, and lived in a guest house there for about two weeks.[1][2]

He travelled by canal boat to Nieuw-Amsterdam, and lodged in a room in this house from 2 October. He explored the area, and he drew and painted. He wrote many letters to his brother Theo in Paris.[1][2]

On 4 December he returned to Hoogeveen, and from there travelled by train to Nuenen, his parents' home.[1]

The house

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Van Gogh's room

The house was built in 1870 by J. A. Willinge Gratama, a lawyer in Assen. In 1876 he sold it to Hendrik Scholte: he was van Gogh's host during the painter's stay in Nieuw-Amsterdam. In 1904 Scholte sold the house to his son-in-law Andries Mol, and others later owned the building.[3]

In 1997 the Stichting Van Gogh & Drenthe (Van Gogh & Drenthe Foundation) began to plan its restoration, and the Van Gogh House was opened as a museum in March 2003. The room once occupied by van Gogh is shown with furniture and his painting equipment, as it would have been during his stay.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Van Gogh in Drenthe, The Netherlands" Van Gogh Route Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Van Gogh's verblijf in Drenthe" Van Gogh Huis Drenthe. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Van Gogh Huis Drenthe" Van Gogh Huis Drenthe. Retrieved 20 December 2019.