How Did One Woman Make Vincent van Gogh Famous?

About this episode

This episode explores how Johanna van Gogh-Bonger worked to bring her late husband Vincent van Gogh's art to fame after his death.

Van Gogh didn't find fame or financial success during his life. But after he died, his widowed sister-in-law, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, worked for decades to bring his life and work to the spotlight. Learn more about her in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/johanna-van-gogh-bonger.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• art history
• fame
• Vincent van Gogh
• Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
• posthumous recognition

Keywords

• Vincent van Gogh
• Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
• art
• fame
• history

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