Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger

Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger

Johanna Gezina van Gogh-Bonger (4 October 1862, Amsterdam – 2 September 1925, Amsterdam) was the wife of Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and the sister-in-law of the painter Vincent van Gogh and key player in the growth of Vincent's fame.

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    You can’t walk on one leg.
    —Dutch saying encouraging someone to have another drink, trans. by Johanna C. Prins.

    The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.
    —Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)