Van Gogh's L'Arlesiana on View in Perugia Through September 27, 2026

Key facts

• Vincent van Gogh's L'Arlesiana (Portrait of Madame Ginoux) is on loan from the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome to the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria in Perugia.
• The exhibition Van Gogh e gli italiani a Parigi runs until September 27, 2026, at Corso Pietro Vannucci, 19, Perugia.
• Italian artists featured alongside Van Gogh include Giovanni Boldini, Federico Zandomeneghi, Gioacchino Toma, Saverio Altamura, Silvestro Lega, Antonio Mancini, Mosè Bianchi, and Niccolò Cannicci.
• The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Museo dell'Ottocento di Pescara – Fondazione Di Persio Pallotta.
• The first section explores the theme of women in late 19th-century painting, from peasant women to Parisian society figures.
• The second section focuses on the Parisian boulevards and the Maison Goupil network, featuring Giuseppe De Nittis, Boldini, and Zandomeneghi.
• Van Gogh moved to Arles, Provence, partly due to his fascination with Japan and Japonisme, finding inspiration in orchards, pastel houses, and cypress-lined roads.
• Van Gogh planned an Atelier du Sud in the Yellow House in Arles; Paul Gauguin joined him in October 1888, leading to an intense but tragic collaboration.
• The L'Arlesiana depicts Madame Ginoux, wife of Joseph-Michel Ginoux, owner of the Café de la Gare in Arles.
• Van Gogh painted Madame Ginoux in a joint session with Gauguin and again in February 1890 during his hospitalization, based on Gauguin's drawing.