In celebration of its 200 th anniversary the National Gallery of London has staged a major exhibition of the works of Vincent van Gogh.

Over just two years in the south of France, in Arles and in Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh revolutionized his style in a symphony of poetic color and texture. He was inspired by poets, writers and artists. The London National Gallery exhibition examines this decisive period in his career by bringing together masterpieces from public but also many private collections that have seldom been shown. Van Gogh’s desire to tell stories produced landscapes of poetic imagination and romantic love on a newly ambitious scale.

We will be analyzing Starry Night over the Rhône (1888, Musée d’Orsay) and The Yellow House (1888, Van Gogh Museum), as well as the National Gallery’s own Sunflowers (1888) and Van Gogh's Chair (1889), among many other paintings and remarkable ink drawings.