Tate Britain to host exhibition exploring Vincent van Gogh’s UK years

Tate Britain will host an exhibition in 2019 exploring how a formative period in Britain inspired Vincent van Gogh.

London’s Tate Britain has announced an exhibition exploring how a formative period in Britain inspired Vincent van Gogh. The gallery says the show, due to open next year, will focus on the Dutch artist’s crucial but “obscure” years in the UK.

Van Gogh lived in London between 1873 and 1876 as a trainee art dealer. He later moved to France, and died in 1890 after shooting himself. Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson said on Friday that the exhibition is a chance “to reveal the impact Britain had on van Gogh as well as the enormous influence he had on British artists”.

It will contain more than 40 works, including Starry Night Over The Rhone and Sunflowers. Van Gogh and Britain will run from March 27, 2019, to August 11, 2019.

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