| Van Gogh House | |
| Native Name: | Van Gogh Huis |
| Address: | Van Goghstraat 1 7844 NP Veenoord/Nieuw Amsterdam |
| Location Country: | Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 52.7158°N 6.8497°W |
| Website: | https://www.vangogh-drenthe.nl/en/ |
Van Gogh House is a cultural site in Nieuw-Amsterdam, in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. The painter Vincent van Gogh stayed here for two months in 1883; the house is now a museum.
Vincent van Gogh lived in Drenthe for three months from September 1883. He arrived in Hoogeveen, from The Hague, by train on 11 September, and lived in a guest house there for about two weeks.[1] [2]
He travelled by canal boat to Nieuw-Amsterdam, and lodged in a room in this house from 2 October. He explored the area, and he drew and painted. He wrote many letters to his brother Theo in Paris.[1] [2]
On 4 December he returned to Hoogeveen, and from there travelled by train to Nuenen, his parents' home.[1]
The house was built in 1870 by J. A. Willinge Gratama, a lawyer in Assen. In 1876 he sold it to Hendrik Scholte: he was van Gogh's host during the painter's stay in Nieuw-Amsterdam. In 1904 Scholte sold the house to his son-in-law Andries Mol, and others later owned the building.[3]
In 1997 the Stichting Van Gogh & Drenthe (Van Gogh & Drenthe Foundation) began to plan its restoration, and the Van Gogh House was opened as a museum in March 2003. The room once occupied by van Gogh is shown with furniture and his painting equipment, as it would have been during his stay.[3]