Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers

Vincent van Gogh, Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background, 1889, MOMA, New York.

Over just two years in the south of France, Van Gogh revolutionised his style in a symphony of poetic colour and texture. He was inspired by poets, writers and artists. We look at this time in Arles and Saint-Rémy as a decisive period in his career. His desire to tell stories produced a landscape of poetic imagination and romantic love on an ambitious scale.

Highly praised by the critics, the exhibtion includes Starry Night over the Rhône (1888, Musée d’Orsay) and The Yellow House (1888, Van Gogh Museum), as well as the National Gallery’s own Sunflowers (1888) and Van Gogh's Chair (1889), among many others.