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Did you know that Loving Vincent is the world's first fully painted movie? The film was shot with actors and literally painted over frame by frame. A team of 100+ painters spent two years painting 65,000 individual frames on canvas, using the same technniques as Van Gogh.

Loving Vincent: the world’s first fully painted movie

Did you know that Loving Vincent is the world's first fully painted movie? The film was shot with actors and literally painted over frame...
Did you know that dairy brand Friesche Vlag adorned their cartons of coffee creamer with Dutch classic paintings?

Dutch classic paintings on the shelves

Did you know that dairy brand Friesche Vlag adorned their cartons of coffee creamer with Dutch classic paintings?  From left to right: Children of the Sea...
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Rediscovery of early work by Van Gogh

Did you know that a Dutch art dealer could not believe his luck when he rediscovered an early work by Vincent van Gogh? Van...
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Van Gogh’s fascination with nature

Did you know that although Vincent van Gogh had an extraordinary fascination with nature and painted vineyards, cornfields, olive trees and poppies but he...
Vincent van Gogh The Bedroom

Vincent van Gogh’s personal favorites

Did you know that 'The Bedroom' was one of Vincent van Gogh's personal favorites among 'The Potato Eaters' and 'Sunflowers'?
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Van Gogh’s language skills

Did you know that painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) not only spoke Dutch but also taught himself French and English?
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Van Gogh’s sunflowers around the world

Did you know that five of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of sunflowers can be found around the world in museums in Amsterdam, Munich, London,...
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Vincent van Gogh

Did you know that Vincent van Gogh made approximately 860 paintings in his life?
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Rembrandt and Van Gogh paintings in Amsterdam

Did you know that you can find 22 Rembrandt paintings and 207 works by Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam? Click below to book your instant...
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Van Gogh never painted a single tulip in his life

Did you know that Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) never painted a single tulip in his life, but still there's a tulip named after the...