But when Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) set his sights on mastering the art of portraiture upon moving to Arles in the south of France in February 1888, he turned to the local postman, Joseph ...

Times change, and MoMA’s postman is now regarded as one of Van ... Van Gogh specialist and special correspondent for The Art Newspaper. He has curated exhibitions at the Barbican Art Gallery ...

and shepherded his efforts to return to normal life,” as curator Kirk Varnedoe wrote for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in ...