This footage was filmed and produced 9 October 2023.

It was an area where modern industry met the beginnings of casual tourism and where five avant-garde painters searched for a new form of expression. A new exhibition at the Van Gogh museum for the first time looks at the role of the Seine and the area northwest of 19th century Paris in inspiring young artists including Vincent Van Gogh.

Van Gogh along the Seine, which opens on Friday, shows that there is more to discover about one of the world’s most popular artists, according to Van Gogh Museum director Emilie Gordenker.

“This tells a story that before now has been neglected,” she said. “You might think that we know everything there is to know about Van Gogh and there is nothing new. But this is about what Van Gogh and his contemporaries Paul Signac, Georges Seurat, Emile Bernard and Charles Angrand did when they went along the Seine to the village of Asnieres.”