Two of the world s leading collections devoted to Frida Kahlo have come together for the first time in at the Drents Museum in Assen. The exhibition features Kahlo s works and personal belongings.
Van Gogh’s Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam (October 1883) Courtesy of the Groninger Museum, Groningen
Vincent van Gogh was always on the move, looking for new places to develop his art. He worked in cities such as The Hague, Antwerp and Paris, in villages in his native Brabant, in Provence and finally in Auvers-sur-Oise. His life has been studied by art historians and biographers in minute detail, but his period in Drenthe, a remote province in the north of the Netherlands, remains more of a mystery.
That is set to change, with a new publication and an exhibition.
Van Gogh: Heritage Locations in Drenthe prepared by the province’s museum, archive and landscape foundation provides a detailed guide to 15 sites linked to the artist. A major exhibition, which should include all of the artist’s Drenthe oil paintings, is being planned by the Drents Museum in the provincial capital, Assen.