Although Bernard was 15 years younger, the two men remained loyal to each other to the very end.
But despite these challenges, Van Gogh got to know a large number of people, and had several close friends, such as the artist Emile Bernard, whom he met in Paris. Van Gogh undoubtedly had an awkward personality, resulting in some friendships ending badly and his continual travels often made it difficult to sustain relationships. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Portrait of Van Gogh (1887) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) Myth 4: Van Gogh was a loner without friends Van Gogh became intimately bound up with the avant-garde Parisian art scene during this period, making him more of an insider than an outsider. While living with Theo in 1886-88 Vincent met hundreds of artists, including most of the Impressionists (and their Australian follower John Russell). Vincent could hardly have had a better link to potential customers, since his brother Theo was employed by Goupil in Paris and knew the art scene intimately-but Van Gogh’s works were too radical for the time.
After later setting out to become an artist, he attended classes in Brussels, Antwerp and Paris, although each time he quickly dropped out, mainly because he had his own strong ideas and was disinclined to follow instructions. Van Gogh worked as an assistant art dealer for six years, for the Goupil gallery in The Hague, Paris and London-so from his late teens he was learning about art and the art trade. John Peter Russell’s Portrait of Van Gogh (1886) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) Myth 1: Van Gogh was an outsider in the art world
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