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Experience Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits at the Museum of Fine Arts, the first exhibition dedicated to the Roulin portraits and the deep bonds of friendship between the artist Vincent van Gogh and this family. Vincent van Gogh once wrote, “What I’m most passionate about…is the portrait, the modern portrait.” This passion flourished between 1888 and ’89 when, during his stay in Arles, the artist created several portraits of a neighboring family—the postman Joseph Roulin, his wife, Augustine, and their three children. Van Gogh’s tender relationship with the postman and his family, and his groundbreaking portrayals of them, are at the heart of this exhibition organized in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Lunch is on our own at one of the MFA’s dining locations.
Guide: Jeanne Fontaine
Wednesday, May 14
Depart: 8:15 am, return: 5:30 pm
Includes admissions, bus travel and driver gratuity.
Image: La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), 1889, Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of John T. Spaulding.
