By the mid 20th century, Van Gogh was seen as one of the greatest and most recognizable painters in history.
V začetku 20. stoletja je bila retrospektiva v Parizu (1901 in 1905) in Amsterdamu (1905), njegove slike so bile tudi na pomembnih skupinskih razstavah v Kölnu (1912), New Yorku (1913) in Berlinu (1914).