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In 1903, with support from 26 art lovers, Museum Boymans acquired Poplars near Nuenen, the first painting by Vincent van Gogh to feature in a Dutch public collection. In fact it concerned three paintings. What had begun as a church scene in the evening had been overpainted by the artist with a melancholic, and ultimately even sunny autumn landscape, a precursor to his colourful cityscapes in Paris. Today it is one of the public's favourites in the collection, but also a fragile painting. In recent years it

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In 1903, with support from 26 art lovers, Museum Boymans acquired Poplars near Nuenen, the first painting by Vincent van Gogh to feature in a Dutch public collection. In fact it concerned three paintings. What had begun as a church scene in the evening had been overpainted by the artist with a melancholic, and ultimately even sunny autumn landscape, a precursor to his colourful cityscapes in Paris. Today it is one of the public's favourites in the collection, but also a fragile painting. In recent years it

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