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Venusstraat 34

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.

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Van Gogh in

Musée Moderne

  1. 25 Nov. 1878 1885
  2. 2 Jan. 1886 1886

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

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

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

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

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

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 kunstenaarschap
      In: Periscoop, Vriendenkring van de Koninklijke Academie, 14-1 (1990)

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      Vincent van Gogh schilderijen, deel 2: Antwerpen en Parijs
      Amsterdam, 2011

    4. Ella 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 Museum
      Universiteit van Amsterdam, proefschrift, 2006

    5. Marije Vellekoop, Sjraar van Heugten

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