Emma and the Van Gogh Paintings

Follow Emma Scully through time as she encounters Van Gogh.

A warm pastel sketch depicts a woman and a child reading a book on an armchair.
Discover how Wilson’s illustrations for children’s literature emphasized the importance of representation.
Jeary Payne and Jason Reynolds
January 22
A small wooden carved box featuring figures and a tree in relief.
The author of After Sappho offers a queer feminist reading of Eve and the serpent, reimagining sin as likeness, desire, and bodies transcending gender and species.
Selby Wynn Schwartz
January 9
A close-up detail of a painted face rendered in muted green, blue, and gray tones.
Author Leena Krohn reflects on Helene Schjerfbeck’s portrait of Sigrid Nyberg.
Leena Krohn
December 18, 2025
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The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer, Edgar Degas  French, Partially tinted bronze, cotton tarlatan, silk satin, and wood, French, Paris
Edgar Degas
A. A. Hébrard
1922 (cast), 2018 (tutu)
First Steps, after Millet, Vincent van Gogh  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
1890
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), Vincent van Gogh  Dutch, Oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh
1887