梵高是荷兰最有名的画家，梵高美术馆(Van Gogh Museum)建于1973年，位于荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。

其原设计是由建筑师里尔维德(1888~1964)规划，以收藏有梵高黄金时期最珍贵的200幅画作，约为全部作品的四分之一，素描几百件(也有说上千件)，还有凡高的几乎全部书信而备受瞩目，其中最知名的应属《群鸽》与《向日葵》。

美术馆内还收藏有梵高和弟弟提奥收藏的日本浮世绘和其他一些画家的作品，比如高更和劳特雷克笔下的梵高肖像，高更和贝尔纳的自画像等。

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 1890年7月，梵高自杀。

1891年1月，梵高死后六个月，相随他一生的弟弟提奥（Theo）在悲痛中过世，死时只有33岁。医生说：“过度的紧张与悲叹是死因。”提奥的妻子乔安娜继承了提奥留给她的堆积如山的油画和素描，梵高写给提奥的几百封信，还有幼子文森特（V.W van Gogh 文森特·威廉·凡·高 ，凡高的侄子，和凡高同名，下文中“文森特”代表凡高的侄子）。乔安娜本来对梵高并不熟悉，但当她读过梵高的信，被深深的触动了，也被梵高的人生和创作所深深吸引。

从此，乔安娜通过自己勤奋、智慧的工作，一步一步使世界了解了梵高。她经常将梵高的作品借出展览，后她将652封信件汇总成三卷书信集又开始整理那些浩繁的书信。不久，这些书信开始被人关注。

1914年，阿姆斯特丹出版了三卷凡高书信集（德语版同时出版）。之后又有好几种外语版本。由于这些书信，梵高被全世界的人所熟知。

1927年，乔安娜去世，她虽然很努力的工作，但那些画还几乎原封不动的呆在家里。这时，已成为出色技术人员的文森特继承了这些画。

约在1930年，美术史学家约翰·鲁瓦德与文森特见面，他后来这样描述：“他一点架子都没有，根本看不出是有钱人，他的习惯与生活形态简朴至极，但是家中到处堆满伯父的油画与素描，要是把他所拥有的全部作品堆在家中，恐怕也没办法容纳得下。这些作品大部分以长期签约借出方式，在阿姆斯特丹的市立现代美术馆展览多年，供大家观赏。”

二战后，由于担心这些画作散落各处，他以捐出收藏为条件，向阿姆斯特丹及荷兰政府请求提供永久的收藏场所。

1960年，梵高基金会（Vincent van Gogh Foundation）成立。

1962年，阿姆斯特丹市政府提供土地，国家负担经费，梵高美术馆终于要成为现实。

1963年，梵高美术馆开工。文森特也积极参与设计。建筑由荷兰建筑师李特维德（Gerrit Thomas Rietveld 1888-1964）设计。他死后由其他人继任。

1973年6月2日，梵高美术馆正式开放，荷兰女王朱丽安娜亲临剪彩。从此梵高美术馆成为阿姆斯特丹一处名胜。文森特在过世前，目睹了美术馆的落成。

1978年，过完88岁生日后几天，文森特去世了。他的朋友约翰·鲁瓦德写道：“住了四十年的家，里面凡高的作品全部搬空了，但就像卸下常年扛在肩上的包袱一般，他的心情非常轻松愉快。”

梵高美术馆建造时面积不大，按每年6万人设计。但近几十年，梵高的名气越来越大，每年参观人数过百万，原有的场地顿显捉襟见肘。于是，日本的安田火灾与海南保险公司（该公司总裁后藤安夫曾于1987年买下凡高的一幅向日葵）出资，由世界著名建筑师，日本人黑川纪章设计的凡高美术馆新展馆（Exhibition Wing），于1997年4月29日破土动工。同时，原有的旧馆也进行改建，由建筑师马丁·凡·厚而设计。

新馆和旧馆同时于1999年6月24日重新对外开放。

2013年9月，梵高美术馆宣布新发现一幅梵高的作品《蒙玛茹尔日落》，这是其建馆40年来首次发现梵高真迹。

 Van Gogh Museum was founded in 1973 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Its original design was planned by the architect Rilward (1888-1964) to collect the most precious 200 paintings of Van Gogh's golden age, about a quarter of all works, hundreds of sketches (thousands of others), and almost all of Van Gogh's letters, the most famous of which should be "Pigeons" and "Sunflower".

The museum also houses Japanese Ukiyo paintings and other works by Van Gogh and his brother Theo, such as Van Gogh portraits by Gauguin and Lotterick, and self-portraits of Gauguin and Bernard.

In July 1890, Van Gogh committed suicide.

In January 1891, six months after Van Gogh's death, his younger brother Theo died in grief at the age of 33. The doctor said, "Excessive tension and lament are the causes of death." Theo's wife, Joanna, inherited the mountains of oil paintings and sketches that Theo left her with. Van Gogh wrote hundreds of letters to Theo, as well as his youngest son, Vincent (V. W. van Gogh Vincent William Van Gogh, Van Gogh's nephew, and Van Gogh's namesake. Vincent represents Van Gogh's nephew below). Joanna was not familiar with Van Gogh, but when she read Van Gogh's letter, she was deeply touched and deeply attracted by Van Gogh's life and creation.

From then on, Joanna made the world know Van Gogh step by step through her hard and wise work. She often lent Van Gogh's works to exhibitions, and after collecting 652 letters into three volumes, she began to sort out the vast letters. Soon, these letters began to attract attention.

In 1914, Amsterdam published three volumes of Van Gogh Letters (both in German). Then there are several foreign language versions. Because of these letters, Van Gogh is known all over the world.

Joanna died in 1927. Although she worked hard, the paintings remained almost intact at home. At that time, Vincent, who had become a brilliant technician, inherited the paintings.

Around 1930, the art historian John Rudd met Vincent, who later described it as: "He has no shelf at all. He can't see a rich man at all. His habits and lifestyle are extremely simple, but his family is full of uncle's paintings and sketches. If all his works are stacked at home, I'm afraid I can't accommodate it. Most of these works have been exhibited for many years at the Municipal Museum of Modern Art in Amsterdam on long-term loan contracts.

After World War II, fearing that the paintings were scattered everywhere, he asked the governments of Amsterdam and the Netherlands for permanent collections on the condition of donating them.

In 1960, the Vincent van Gogh Foundation was founded.

In 1962, the city government of Amsterdam provided land and the State paid for it. The Van Gogh Museum of Art was finally about to become a reality.

In 1963, the Van Gogh Museum of Art opened. Vincent is also active in design. The building was designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964), a Dutch architect. He was succeeded by others after his death.

On June 2, 1973, the Van Gogh Museum of Art was officially opened, and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands came to cut ribbons. From then on, the Van Gogh Museum of Art became a place of interest in Amsterdam. Before his death, Vincent witnessed the completion of the gallery.

In 1978, a few days after his 88th birthday, Vincent died. His friend John Rudd wrote: "He lived in his house for forty years, and all Van Gogh's works were empty, but he was in a very relaxed and happy mood as he unloaded the burden that he had always carried on his shoulders."

The Van Gogh Museum of Art was built on a small area of 60,000 people a year. But in recent decades, Van Gogh has become more and more famous, with more than one million visitors a year, and the original venue has been stretched to the limit. Thus, the new Exhibition Wing of the Van Gogh Art Museum, designed by the world-famous architect Jizhao Kurokawa, was built on April 29, 1997 by the Japanese insurance company Anta Fire and Hainan (whose president, Ando Fujio, bought a sunflower from Van Gogh in 1987). At the same time, the old building has been rebuilt and designed by architect Martin Van Hood.

The new and old pavilions were reopened on June 24, 1999.

In September 2013, the Van Gogh Museum of Fine Arts announced the discovery of a new Van Gogh work, "Sunset of Montmarjol", which is the first discovery of Van Gogh's genuine works in 40 years since its establishment.