Imagine yourself as Vincent van Gogh in front of the window of his room at the asylum where he was admitted in 1889 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. He produced many of his famous paintings there. In 1890, he was declared cured and left for the north to Auvers-sur-Oise on 16 May 1890. In the window are bottles and jars and on the wall are his own works.
 
                                My name is Esther Vrouwe and I was born in Velsen. Because of my late uncle Ben van der Kolk, well-known artist in Velsen and also illustrator and photographer for, among others, the Panorama and the Okki, I recently started painting and photographing. Before his death,.. Read more…
