If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Vincent van Gogh, “Postman Joseph Roulin” (1888) (© Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) “A head something like ...

Vincent van Gogh had conflicting emotions when he heard that his brother Theo had got engaged to Jo Bonger in December 1888. The two brothers were very close and he was delighted that Theo had ...