At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It ...

In the late 1880s, Vincent van Gogh spent two years in southern France. Though the period was famously tumultuous for the Dutch artist, it was also remarkably productive: He befriended Joseph Roulin, ...

“Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” exhibition, which opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston March 30, is the first ...

Van Gogh painted his iconic The Starry Night ... But with his move to Arles, in the south of France, in February 1888, the expressive force he'd been searching for at last erupted.

Just don't expect to leave with Van Gogh's talent — some things, unfortunately, can't be absorbed by osmosis. Read more: The ...

He was very much alone. Abelardo Morell came to Arles, France, to take photographs in the places Vincent van Gogh painted 130 years ago. (Marin Driguez/Agence VU for The Washington Post ...

Joseph Roulin, a postman, was Van Gogh’s closest friend in Arles. Vincent painted not only him, but also his wife Augustine and their three children. Van Gogh and Roulin were drinking companions ...

In the late 1880s, Vincent van Gogh spent two years in southern France. Though the period was ... a 47-year-old postal worker at the Arles train station, and their relationship became pivotal.

A rare figure of stability during Van Gogh's mentally turbulent two years in Arles, in the South of France, Roulin ensured that he received care in a psychiatric hospital, and visited him while he ...