The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam holds the largest collection of the works of Vincent van Gogh in the world. It was founded to house the collection of the artist's family, including paintings, drawings and letters which had belonged to his brother Theo and then passed to Theo's son, Vincent Willem van Gogh. The Dutch state and the family agreed on the transfer, and the museum opened on the Museumplein in 1973. The building was designed by the architect Gerrit Rietveld and completed after his death. Besides works by Van Gogh, the museum also shows works by his contemporaries and teachers, such as Gauguin and Monet.
Before and after
- 1973Establishment of Chitwan National Park
- 1973Founding of Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- 1973Construction of London Bridge
- 1973Mobile phone
- 1973Construction of Van Gogh Museum
- from 1973 to 2018Oromo conflict
- 1973Publication of The Gulag Archipelago
- 1973Founding of Islamic Development Bank
- 1973Establishment of Hortobágy National Park
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1946First edition of Cannes Film Festival
- 1949Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
- c. 1950sRise of pop art
- 1955Publication of Guinness World Records
- from 31 March 1997 to 11 November 2022Premiere of Teletubbies
- 2003Construction of Three Gorges Dam
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.