In the late 1880s, Vincent van Gogh spent two years in southern France. Though the period was famously tumultuous for the Dutch artist, it was also remarkably productive: He befriended Joseph Roulin, ...

An installation view of the "Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) If the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts, ...

Vincent van Gogh’s name is synonymous with the tortured artist trope, and it’s hard for museums displaying the famed artist’s work to shake this image. Yet, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston uses its new ...

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Vincent van Gogh painted “Portrait of a Peasant” in August 1888 while in Arles, rendering his rustic subject in the region’s sun-drenched colors. The masterwork has returned to its home in Pasadena.