One cannot visit the Netherlands without coming across Vincent Van Gogh, there is even a museum named after him. On my second day in the Netherlands, my aunt, Karen Limkeman, and I went to a little city outside of Eindhoven called Nuenen. Nuenen, a village where Van Gogh’s father had a Parish from 1882-1885, is small and did not show up on my aunt’s Tom Tom. Neunen is home to a small museum called the Van Goghdocumentatiecentrum filled with objects that Van Gogh painted and information on his life in the small city. The museum also provided a map that one could follow to see different locations that were either subjects in Van Gogh’s work or places that related to his life in some way.
Here are 7 of the 18 Points of Interest:
De Roosdonck windmill pictured in seven drawings.Van Gogh monument erected in 1932 by Hildo Krop.Van Gogh’s parents’ house , called the Van Goghhouse, where Vincent lived for a while.Van Gogh had a studio in the shed at the back of the house.Van Gogh statue built in 1984 by Klaas van Rosmalen who wanted to show what Van Gogh might have looked like as he walked around with his sketch kit.Clemenschurch, a church that appears in drawings and in the painting “Populierenlaan te Nuenenâ€Protestant Church where Vincent’s father was the vicar. It was also a subject that Vincent sketched and painted.Collse Watermolen was painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1884
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Rachel Steely is a visual artist based in Indianapolis. She is drawn to natural, organic objects and portrays them with oil on textured surfaces. Often, she presents her subject in dynamic still life with a shift of time through movement or growth-decay.
