Posthumous fame of Vincent van Gogh of Vincent van Gogh's life in 1934 entitled "Lust for Life" that was largely based on the letters to Theo; this book and later the movie of the same name added to further the artist's fame. During his lifetime, Van Gogh contributed works of his own only on a few and minor occasions which mainly passed unnoted by critics and public. For example, in 1887, a display of Japanese woodcuts in the Restaurant "Au Tambourin", 62 Boulevard de Clichy, then run by Augustina Ségatori, for which Van Gogh probably interpreted three famous "ukiyo-e" prints by Keisai Eisen and Hiroshige. Towards
Maison Van Gogh of a house in Cuesmes occupied by a miner named Decrucq and his family. From there he wrote to his brother Theo that he was considering what purpose he could give to his life; inspired by the lives of the miners, he started to produce drawings. From 1880, he started painting in earnest. Maison Van Gogh Maison Van Gogh (or Van Gogh House) is a museum in the village of Cuesmes, near Mons in Belgium. Vincent Van Gogh lived here from 1879 to 1880. Cuesmes is in the Borinage, at that time a coal-mining area; Vincent van Gogh came here