Emile Bernard, ‘Two Women on the Asnières Footbridge’, 1887, oil on canvas, 38 × 46.5 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest métropole
Clichy, ‘Port de l’usine à gaz’, , c. 1900, postcard, private collection
Van Gogh along the Seine tells the story of a period in Van Gogh’s life and oeuvre that has, until now, been neglected. Never before have so many works that Van Gogh made in the suburbs just outside of Paris been displayed together. Seven of the nine highlights from his triptychs are being reunited. The exhibition features some 75 works by the five artists, including a considerable number of exceptional loans from private collections and museums all around the world. Many of these works have never before been on display in the Netherlands.
This exhibition is a collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago.
Vincent van Gogh, ‘Bridges Across the Seine at Asnières’, 1887, oil on canvas, 53.5 × 67 cm, Emil Bührle Collection, on long-term loan at the Kunsthaus Zürich
Emilie Gordenker (Director of the Van Gogh Museum): ‘As the international centre of expertise on Van Gogh, we are constantly seeking new insights into the artist. This is the first time that the works Van Gogh painted in Asnières have been examined as a group, and have been compared with the work of four contemporaries who painted in the same area. Van Gogh along the Seine is also a rare opportunity to see impressive loans from private collections that are normally hidden from view.’