Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam?

At the Van Gogh Museum: The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, The Bedroom, The Yellow House, Almond Blossom and Wheatfield with Crows. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in Amsterdam?

The Potato Eaters, of 1885, at the Van Gogh Museum. A peasant family at supper under a hanging lamp, painted in Nuenen in the browns and greens of the earth they worked. He thought it his first real picture.

When and where was Vincent van Gogh born?

On 30 March 1853, at Zundert, Netherlands. Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890, at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, aged about 37.

What is Vincent van Gogh known for?

The Van Gogh Museum has the largest collection of his paintings and drawings. The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, The Bedroom and Almond Blossom are here. His letters, mostly to his brother Theo, are kept by the museum. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.

Painter, 1853 to 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Most of what Van Gogh painted he never sold, and it stayed with his brother's family. That is why Amsterdam can show his whole life as a painter, from the dark pictures of Nuenen to the last wheatfields of Auvers.

Born: 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died: 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Movement: Post-Impressionism
In Amsterdam: 6 works in 1 museum

Where to see Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Van Gogh Museum6 works

The Potato Eaters
1885
A peasant family at supper under a hanging lamp, painted in Nuenen in the browns and greens of the earth they worked. He thought it his first real picture.
Sunflowers
1889
One of the repetitions he made in Arles in January 1889 of the sunflowers he had painted for Gauguin's room, yellow flowers in a yellow vase on a yellow ground.
The Bedroom
1888
His room in the Yellow House in Arles, in flat bright colour, with a wooden bed, two chairs and his own pictures on the wall.
The Yellow House
1888
The house on the Place Lamartine in Arles where he rented four rooms and hoped to found a studio of painters, under a deep blue sky.
Almond Blossom
1890
White blossom on branches against a blue sky, painted in Saint-Rémy for the birth of Theo's son, who was named Vincent after him.
Wheatfield with Crows
1890
A wheatfield under a stormy sky, crows over it and a path that runs into it and stops, painted at Auvers in July 1890, weeks before his death.

The life of Vincent van Gogh

When Vincent died in 1890, his work passed to Theo, who died six months later, and then to Theo's widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, who spent her life making it known. Their son gave the collection to a foundation in 1962, and the Van Gogh Museum opened in 1973 to show it.

The museum hangs his work in order, so you can follow him from the earth colours of Brabant through Paris, Arles and Saint-Rémy to Auvers.

What to know

The Van Gogh Museum has the largest collection of his paintings and drawings
The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, The Bedroom and Almond Blossom are here
His letters, mostly to his brother Theo, are kept by the museum

Born: 30 March 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died: 29 July 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Vincent van Gogh: common questions

Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam?: At the Van Gogh Museum: The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, The Bedroom, The Yellow House, Almond Blossom and Wheatfield with Crows. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in Amsterdam?: The Potato Eaters, of 1885, at the Van Gogh Museum. A peasant family at supper under a hanging lamp, painted in Nuenen in the browns and greens of the earth they worked. He thought it his first real picture.
When and where was Vincent van Gogh born?: On 30 March 1853, at Zundert, Netherlands. Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890, at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, aged about 37.
What is Vincent van Gogh known for?: The Van Gogh Museum has the largest collection of his paintings and drawings. The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers, The Bedroom and Almond Blossom are here. His letters, mostly to his brother Theo, are kept by the museum. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.