Eugène Boch  1888

oil on canvas [br] Van Gogh met the Belgian painter Eugène Boch (1855-1941) in mid-June 1888, while Boch was spending a few weeks near Arles. Around 8 July, Vincent mentioned Boch in a letter to his brother Théo: "[i]I very much like the looks of this young man with his distinctive face, like a razor blade, and his green eyes[/i]". On 11 August, his idea began to take ...