The Dutch roots of Vincent van Gogh, George S. Keyes; chronology - the early years - fantasy and reality in The Hague drawings, Lauren Soth; chronology - Paris -van Gogh in Paris - between the past and the future, George T.M. Shackelford; chronology - Arles - symbolic means, decorative ends - the Arles period, Roland Dorn; chronology - St-Remy and Auvers - famine to feast -portrait-making at St-Remy and Auvers, Judy Sund; the modern legacy of van Gogh's portraits, Joseph Rishel, Katherine Sachs.