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
Vincent van Gogh (Russell painting) Dutchman in a striped blue suit. Indeed, close analysis of the painting reveals a few faint blue stripes at its lower right edge. Further analysis also shows that Russell inscribed the painting in a similar fashion to other portraits dating from his early Paris years. The inscription, located above Van Gogh's head and written in French in red, reads in part 'Pictor' ("Artist") and 'Amitie' ("Friendship"). Van Gogh was delighted with the painting, and held it in such high regard that Russell gave it to him as a mark of their friendship. Characteristically, Van Gogh insisted on an exchange rather