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The building on Venusstreet still exists, but does not house the museum collection anymore. Since 1890, the collection has been housed in the newer building of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts at Leopold de Waelplaats 2.
- 25 Nov. 1878 1885
- 2 Jan. 1886 1886
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The Musée Moderne was one of the first places Vincent went after he arrived in Antwerp. There, he saw works including paintings by Robert Mols and Henri de Braekeleer and landscapes by César de Cock and Henri Leys. He considered most of the paintings satisfactory but saw of what he saw he considered “horrible”. He was especially interested in the way artists represented character in portraits.
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Robert Mols, The roads of Antwerp in 1870, 1878
294 x 947 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Henri de Braekleer, The old inn 'The Pilots' House' in Antwerp, 1877
Oil on canvas, 83,5 x 112,5 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
César de Cock, Woodland view: the banks of the Epte at Gasny (Eure), 1882
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Henri Leys, P.P. Rubens feted by the gunsmiths of Antwerp, 1851
Oil on panel, 104 x 144 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Henri Leys, Flemish nuptials in the 17th century, 1839
Oil on panel, 120 x 155 cm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
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Vincent van Gogh te Antwerpen in 1885-1886 : zijn opleiding in de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten te Antwerpen als bijdrage tot de vorming van zijn kunstenaarschapIn: Periscoop, Vriendenkring van de Koninklijke Academie, 14-1 (1990)Mark Tralbaut
Van Gogh te AntwerpenAntwerpen, 1958Louis van Tilborg en Ella Hendriks
Vincent van Gogh schilderijen, deel 2: Antwerpen en ParijsAmsterdam, 2011Ella Hendriks en Louis van Tilborgh
New views on Van Gogh’s development in Antwerp and Paris: an integrated art historical and technical study of his paintings in the Van Gogh MuseumUniversiteit van Amsterdam, proefschrift, 2006Marije Vellekoop, Sjraar van Heugten
Vincent van Gogh tekeningen, deel 3: Antwerpen en Parijs 1885 – 1888Amsterdam, 2001
