How Vincent van Gogh’s Sister-in-Law Worked Tirelessly to Make Him Famous

How Vincent van Gogh’s Sister-in-Law Worked Tirelessly to Make Him Famous

No artist, no matter how solitary by nature, becomes a cultural phenomenon alone. That’s even true of such an isolated figure as Vincent van Gogh, whose death in obscurity at the age of 37 left open the question of who, if anyone, would vouchsafe his paintings to posterity. The support of the artist’s younger brother Theo is often given a good deal of credit for making his work possible, and not without reason. What’s somewhat less widely known …