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) than a gift, and allowed Russell to have some of his works. Russell chose an 1882 drawing titled "" (the basis of Van Gogh's 1890 painting "At Eternity's Gate"), and the 1886 still life "". According to Cathy Peake of "The Australian", Russell's choices show "how profoundly and instinctively he understood the art and ambitions of his friend." Van Gogh sent the portrait to his brother Theo, and years later reminded him in a letter to "take good care of my portrait by Russell, which means a lot to me." After Theo's death in December 1891, the painting ended up