The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam concludes its anniversary year with the exhibition "Van Gogh along the Seine," which opens on Friday. On display are works by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) that he created along the Seine river near Asnières, a suburb northwest of Paris. The exhibition also features works by other painters who drew inspiration from the surroundings of Asnières, such as Paul Signac, Georges Seurat, Emile Bernard, and Charles Angrand. In total, 75 paintings from these five artists will be showcased.
In the autumn of 1887, Vincent Van Gogh had been in Paris for almost two years and painted a self-portrait in which he appeared as a man about town, wearing a