Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh Museum opened in the Museumplein in Amsterdam in 1973. It became the second most popular museum in the Netherlands, after the Rijksmuseum, regularly receiving more than 1.5 million visitors a year. In 2015 it had a record 1.9 million; 85 percent of the visitors come from other countries. Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of
Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series) form a contrast with the scorched ears, which are already heavy, and have the warm tones of a bread crust." In October Van Gogh made "Enclosed Wheat Field with Ploughman." "Wheat Fields in a Mountainous Landscape," also titled "Meadow in the Mountains" was painted in Late November - early December 1889. In November, "Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul" was painted by Van Gogh, now owned by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In May 1890, Van Gogh traveled from Saint-Rémy to Paris, where he had a three-day stay with his brother, Theo, Theo's wife Johanna and their new baby Vincent. Van Gogh