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‘Without Jo there would have been no van Gogh’ – Sydney Morning Herald
The celebrated artist’s sister-in-law is finally being hailed as the person who brought his art to the world.
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In 1885, a 22-year-old Dutch woman named Johanna Bonger met Theo van Gogh, the younger brother of the artist, who was then making a name for himself as an art dealer in Paris. History knows Theo as the steadier of the van Gogh brothers, the archetypal emotional anchor, who selflessly managed Vincents erratic path through life, but he had his share of impetuosity. He asked her to marry him after only two meetings.
Jo, as she called herself, was…
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