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Maison Van Gogh (lit. 'Van Gogh House') is a small historic house museum located in Cuesmes, near Mons, in Belgium associated with the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890).
Maison Van Gogh (lit. 'Van Gogh House') is a small historic house museum located in Cuesmes, near Mons, in Belgium associated with the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). As a young man, Van Gogh pursued a career as a Protestant preacher and evangelist among coal miners in the Borinage between 1878 and 1880. After moving between a few houses in the region, he moved in as a lodger to the household of the miner Charles Decrucq and his family at Cuesmes where he lived for several months in 1880. The house was known locally as the Maison de Marais (lit. 'Marsh house').
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