Category: The People of Van Gogh’s Life
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Van Gogh’s Many Loves
Van Gogh was no stranger to unconventional love. He first fell into an unrequited love with his second cousin, Caroline Haanebeek, who ended up marrying someone else. After Caroline, he proposed to another cousin, Kee Vos-Stricker. Everyone opposed Van Gogh’s pursuit of Kee, and her father tried to convince him to forget her. They viewed…
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Van Gogh’s Family
Vincent and his brother Theo famously had a very close relationship. However, you may not know Theo was not his only sibling and the two of them belonged to a family of eight. Theodorus and Anna were Vincent’s parents. His father was a minister and came from a family of prominent art dealers; most notably,…
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