with its greenish blue sky, violet-hued town and yellow gas­light, was more romantic. He wrote Wil that he had painted it "at night under a gas jet." Van Gogh considered his now-iconic The Starry ...

Marcelle, the daughter, was born around the time van Gogh met the family. As the artist wrote to his sister in July 1888, “I’m now working on the portrait of a postman with his dark blue uniform with ...

fashioned by Van Gogh, that rocked the baby's cradle beyond the canvas, permitting the pair the peace to complete the artwork. The joyful background colours – green, blue, yellow or red – vary ...