Van Gogh Museum makes major print collection accessible online

PanARMENIAN.Net - Starting today (February 3), the Parisian print world can be discovered online, Art Daily said.

Due to its size and light sensitivity, the Van Gogh Museum’s spectacular collection of nearly 1800 prints, posters, and books cannot be exhibited in the permanent collection on a continual basis. The new website makes the complex and fascinating Parisian print world accessible to the public. Visitors can now browse the collection at their leisure, exploring the various links and connections that the site has to offer. This unique design allows visitors to decide for themselves how much information they would like to absorb. All prints are now available at high resolution and can be zoomed up to the very fibres of the paper they are printed on. The online print collection, developed by the award winning web agencies Fabrique and Q42,will appeal to numerous target groups. Thanks to the multi-layered offering of information, the site will serve the needs of a wide range of individuals, from young, visually-oriented users to serious academics. The development of the Parisian print world site has been generously supported financially by the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and Fonds 21.

The online print collection launched today fulfils a long-cherished dream of the Van Gogh Museum: to make a unique print collection available to the general public with no restrictions in time and space. The website is permanently accessible, shows the entire collection and is continually supplemented by new acquisitions.