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A museum in the central Netherlands opened an exhibition Tuesday featuring its complete collection of 88 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, marking the first time the works have been shown together in more than four decades.
The Kroller-Muller Museum holds one of the world's largest private collections of paintings by the 19th-century Dutch artist, though the works are rarely displayed as a group. The exhibition, titled "Van Gogh, All Our Paintings," runs from Tuesday until January.
The museum described the show as one of the largest Van Gogh exhibitions of the century in a statement announcing the opening.
The collection includes "The Potato Eaters," Van Gogh's 1885 depiction of peasant life, alongside "Terrace of a Cafe at Night" from 1888 and "The Old Tower at Neunen" from 1884.
According to the museum, the exhibition organizes the paintings around three themes: faith, hope and love. "These three themes play a central role in Van Gogh's life and work," the museum said in its statement. "Through his art, he aims to offer hope and comfort to others."
Van Gogh, a post-Impressionist painter, produced around 900 paintings during a career that lasted roughly a decade. Much of his best-known work, including the "Sunflowers" series and several self-portraits, was completed during his time in France.
He died in 1890 at age 37, two days after shooting himself in the chest following a documented history of mental health struggles.
Most of the paintings in the current exhibition were acquired by the museum's founder, Helene Kroller-Muller, between 1908 and 1930.
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