Over 120 Van Gogh Letters to be displayed at the Van Gogh Museum

Friday, June 26, 2009

Over 120 rarely seen letters to and from Vincent van Gogh will be on display for a limited period of time.

From 9 October 2009 to 3 January 2010 the Van Gogh Museum’s Rietveld building will be devoted to the letters of Vincent van Gogh.

In the exhibition "Van Gogh's letters: The artist speaks", the original letters, which are rarely shown due to their extreme fragility, will be on exhibit alongside the works that Van Gogh references in his letters.

Coinciding with the exhibition is a revised book edition and the launch of the website www.vangoghletters.org. The website comprises all 902 letters by and to Van Gogh in the original Dutch and French as well as English translations.

The letters are accompanied by images of the manuscripts together with the annotations and the illustrations of the works of art referred to in the correspondence.