Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in London?

At the National Gallery: Sunflowers and Van Gogh's Chair. At the Courtauld Gallery: Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

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

Sunflowers, of 1888, at the National Gallery. Fifteen sunflowers in a jug, yellow on yellow, some in bloom and some gone to seed. He painted it in a week of August to hang in the room where Gauguin was to stay, and thought it among his best.

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?

Lived in London from 1873 to 1875. Painted Sunflowers in August 1888 for Gauguin's bedroom. Painted the self-portrait at the Courtauld a few weeks after he cut his ear. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.

Painter, 1853 to 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh lived in London for two years as a young man, working for an art dealer in Covent Garden, long before he painted. The pictures that came back here are among the best known in the world.

Born: 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died: 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Movement: Post-Impressionism
In London: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Vincent van Gogh in London

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

The National Gallery2 works

Sunflowers
1888
Fifteen sunflowers in a jug, yellow on yellow, some in bloom and some gone to seed. He painted it in a week of August to hang in the room where Gauguin was to stay, and thought it among his best.
Van Gogh's Chair
1888
A plain rush-seated chair on a tiled floor with his pipe and tobacco on it. He painted Gauguin's armchair as its pair, and the two say what he thought of each of them.

The Courtauld Gallery1 work

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
1889
Painted in January 1889, days after he came out of hospital: in his overcoat and fur cap, indoors, with a Japanese print on the wall and a blank canvas on the easel behind him.

The life of Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853 and did not begin to paint until he was twenty-seven. In 1886 he came to Paris to live with his brother Theo, an art dealer, in Montmartre. He saw the Impressionists, met Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec, and his dark Dutch palette turned to pure colour.

In 1888 he went south to Arles, where he painted the sunflowers, his bedroom and the night sky. After a breakdown he spent a year in the asylum at Saint-Rémy, and in May 1890 moved to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, where he painted more than seventy pictures in seventy days. He shot himself there in July 1890 and died two days later, at thirty-seven.

What to know

Lived in London from 1873 to 1875
Painted Sunflowers in August 1888 for Gauguin's bedroom
Painted the self-portrait at the Courtauld a few weeks after he cut his ear

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 London?: At the National Gallery: Sunflowers and Van Gogh's Chair. At the Courtauld Gallery: Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in London?: Sunflowers, of 1888, at the National Gallery. Fifteen sunflowers in a jug, yellow on yellow, some in bloom and some gone to seed. He painted it in a week of August to hang in the room where Gauguin was to stay, and thought it among his best.
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?: Lived in London from 1873 to 1875. Painted Sunflowers in August 1888 for Gauguin's bedroom. Painted the self-portrait at the Courtauld a few weeks after he cut his ear. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.