Knowledge and Research

The Van Gogh Museum's new online platform for collection catalogues is an invaluable resource for scholars.

The new scholarly catalogue Contemporaries of Van Gogh 1: Works Collected by Theo and Vincent is available online.

Explore the artworks Andries Bonger collected, download the collection catalogue or read the essay by Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho.

Senior Researcher Teio Meedendorp tells the story of a lesser-known painting by Vincent van Gogh: Pollard Birch. For years, the title was a source of confusion and the depicted tree was not recognized as such. The work was even stolen once.

All of the Van Goghs in the Van Gogh Museum Almost Ended up in the Kröller-Müller Museum. Recent research has demonstrated that a bid was made for Van Gogh's estate at the beginning of the twentieth century.

To what extent has French artist Jean-François Millet influenced the artists of the Hague School? Curator Renske Suijver published her findings in the article 'Jean-François Millet and the Hague School'.

Scholarly publications about the collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings.

Research into the paintings and drawings of contemporaries of Van Gogh.

Theo and Vincent van Gogh laid the foundations for the Contemporaries collection. A research project started in 2020 focused on reconstructing and publishing the provenance of these works.

Researcher Bregje Gerritse is working on a PhD research project into the reception of the work of Van Gogh in the Parisian art world between 1886 and 1914.

Associate Curator Sara Tas is currently working on a multi-year research project exploring the significance of Doctor Gachet to Van Gogh and the Van Gogh Museum. This research is facilitated by the generous support of the Gerda Henkel Stiftung.

From 2018 to 2021, an international research team conducted comparative research into Van Gogh's painting technique and the materials he used in his olive grove paintings.

Search the library catalogue for the extensive collection of books, magazines and documentation materials on Vincent van Gogh and the art of his time.

A digital platform for all the scholarly knowledge and information about the work of Vincent van Gogh.

Visit the website vangoghletters.org to access all of Van Gogh’s known letters, richly annotated and illustrated, with new transcriptions and authorized English translations.

New Dutch and international publications about Vincent van Gogh are released every year. Browse a selection of recently-published books.

Years of research have resulted in a biography of Jo van Gogh-Bonger.

Jo Bonger's diaries have been published digitally, with annotations and English translations.

The wooden panel has been restored, and will be on display as soon as the museum reopens.

New insights on the condition of the painting.

This painting was severely damaged during the theft.

From glossy to matt, as Van Gogh envisioned the work.

In 2019, the painting has been thoroughly examined and a conservation and restoration treatment has taken place.

The paintings Peach Tree in Blossom and Sprig of Flowering Almond in a Glass have been lined and given a glossy varnish layer.

Overview of upcoming exhibitions about Vincent van Gogh in The Netherlands and abroad.

Discover which topics have been covered during the yearly seminar by a leading art historian.

Read more about the procedure for submitting an authentication request.

A work from the Van Gogh Museum collection in your exhibition? Find out how submit a loan request.