1. Public domain
Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890. His paintings are in the public domain in the United States, the European Union and the other jurisdictions where the copyright term has expired.
That status covers the painting. It does not automatically cover every photograph of the painting; where a museum claims rights in its own capture, we use open-access releases or licensed files, and we credit the holding institution on each artwork page.
2. Not originals, not licensed merchandise
Nothing here is an original, a signed print, a limited edition or an officially licensed product. We are not affiliated with the Van Gogh Museum, the Kröller-Müller Museum, the Musée d'Orsay, the Museum of Modern Art or any other institution named on this site. Museum names appear as factual provenance, nothing more.
If you want an officially licensed Van Gogh product, buy one from the museum shop. It will cost more, and it will be the real thing.
3. Colour and scale
A reproduction cannot carry the surface of an oil painting. Impasto, canvas weave and varnish do not survive printing; what survives is composition, colour relationships and drawing.
Scale is stated on each product page. A 60 × 90 cm print is enough to read a composition and not enough to read every stroke. Screens are backlit; printed ink is not. Expect the print to look slightly darker and less luminous than the file.
4. Titles and dating
Titles follow the holding institution. Where a work is known by several names — in Dutch, French, English or Chinese — the alternates are listed on the artwork page. Dating follows the museum catalogue; Van Gogh reworked canvases and left many undated, so a single year is often a simplification and is written as such.
5. Editorial content
The 1,000 reference articles are written for general readers. They are not an appraisal, an authentication, an insurance valuation or a scholarly citation source. Where an article states a fact that a museum catalogue contradicts, the catalogue is right.
Corrections are welcome at [email protected] and are dated on the page when made.