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Johanna Gezina van Gogh-Bonger (4 October 1862 – 2 September 1925) was a multilingual Dutch editor who translated the hundreds of letters of her first husband, art dealer Theo van Gogh, and Vincent van Gogh.
Apr 14, 2021 · In 1885, a 22-year-old Dutch woman named Johanna Bonger met Theo van Gogh, the younger brother of the artist, who was then making a name for himself as an art dealer in Paris.
Jo van Gogh-Bonger (1862–1925) was Theo van Gogh’s wife and mother of Vincent Willem, who later founded the Van Gogh Museum. Years of research have resulted in a biography focusing on her as an individual and on her role in publicizing the importance of her brother-in-law Vincent’s life and work.
Sep 20, 2019 · As Hans Luijten, senior researcher at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, writes in a new biography, van Gogh's sister-in-law, Jo van Gogh-Bonger almost singlehandedly ensured the artist’s...
Nov 1, 2010 · It was Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger, the wife of Vincent Van Gogh's brother Theodore, who took it upon herself to introduce Van Gogh's paintings to the world after his death.
Apr 30, 2021 · The key role that Johanna (Jo) van Gogh-Bonger, his sister-in-law, played in championing the art of Vincent van Gogh was largely overlooked until recent decades. Following the rapid decline and death of her husband Theo only six months after the suicide of Vincent, the young widow made the decision to return to her native Holland with her ...
When Jo Bonger was 28, she lost the love of her life. Her husband Theo van Gogh died, leaving Jo behind with their baby son and a flat full of artworks by his brother Vincent.
Jo van Gogh-Bonger. When in 1885, Johanna met Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s younger brother, she was 22 years old, bound for an uneventful life as a language teacher, a life that could impossibly satisfy her strong passion for art and intellectual pursuits.
Sep 30, 2021 · Interestingly, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger ── better known as Jo ── only became part of the van Gogh clan in 1889, shortly before Vincent's death. Born in 1862, Jo worked as an English teacher at two different girls' schools before her marriage.
Oct 21, 2022 · Johanna (Jo) Bonger (1862-1925) ended up playing an absolutely crucial role in the Van Gogh story. In December 1888, the month that Vincent mutilated his ear, she encountered Theo, Vincent’s ...
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