Travel with Vincent van Gogh through Europe, past the places he lived… and where he became the artist he always wanted to be. The Vincent van Gogh Atlas is available now.

In the 37 years of his life, Vincent van Gogh lived in more than 25 places. The Vincent van Gogh Atlas takes you on the journey that Vincent took from the Netherlands to England, Belgium and France.

Experience what his world looked like at that time: from the rural tranquillity of the countryside in Brabant and Southern France to the bustle in metropolises like London and Paris.

The book contains hundreds of historic photos, letters and detailed maps. A rich selection of his work shows how, as an artist, he used the world around him as the subject of hundreds of drawings and paintings.

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Other events are also taking place this year to celebrate '125 years of inspiration'

Willem van Gogh and Machteld van Laer, descendants of Van Gogh’s brother, Theo, laid sunflowers and yellow dahlias on the painter’s grave in Auvers-sur-Oise. A colossal self-portrait made up of 50,000 dahlias has also been unveiled on the Museumplein in Amsterdam.

Axel Rüger, Director of the Van Gogh Museum: ‘We decided, together with our partners, that 2015 should be a Van Gogh Year, on the theme of “125 years of inspiration”. We’ve organised a whole series of activities to commemorate who Van Gogh was, and what made him so extraordinary. He continues to inspire millions of people around the world to this day.’

Vincent van Gogh died in the arms of his brother, Theo, at Auberge Ravoux on 29 July 1890, two days after shooting himself in the chest in a farmer’s field in a moment of despair. His coffin – piled high with sunflowers and yellow dahlias – was buried on 30 July at the cemetery on the outskirts of the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, where the artist spent the final three months of his life and painted over 70 new works. Today, exactly 125 years later, the Van Gogh Museum is commemorating the celebrated painter at the place where his life ended.

The Vincent van Gogh Atlas was written by Nienke Denekamp (author) and René van Blerk (Senior Educator at the Van Gogh Museum), in collaboration with Teio Meedendorp (art historian and researcher at the Van Gogh Museum). The design is the work of Yolanda Huntelaar (Werkplaats Amsterdam). Publication date: 29 July 2015 (Uitgeverij Rubinstein, Amsterdam). The Vincent van Gogh Atlas is published simultaneously in Dutch, French and English.