Amsterdam Gogh lived in Amsterdam for a short while and there is a museum dedicated to his work. The museum is housed in one of the few modern buildings in this area of Amsterdam. The building was designed by Gerrit Rietveld. This building is where the permanent collection is displayed. A new building was added to the museum in 1999. This building, known as the performance wing, was designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa. Its purpose is to house temporary exhibitions of the museum. Some of Van Gogh's most famous paintings, like "The Potato Eaters" and "Sunflowers", are in the collection.
Paintings of Children (Van Gogh series) sadness. Both museum paintings were made on large canvas, 65 x 54 cm. "La Mousmé" also known as "La Mousmé, Sitting in a Cane Chair, Half-Figure (with a branch of oleander)" was painted Van Gogh in 1888 while living in Arles, which Van Gogh dubbed "the Japan of the south". Retreating from the city, he hoped that his time in Arles would evoke in his work the simple, yet dramatic expression of Japanese art. Inspired by Pierre Loti's novel "Madame Chrysanthème" and Japanese artwork, Vincent painted "La Mousmé," a well-dressed Japanese girl. He wrote in a letter to his brother: