Question: who did vincent van gogh sell his painting to
Answer: The Red Vineyard was exhibited for the first time at the annual exhibition of Les XX , 1890 in Brussels , and sold for 400 Francs ( equal to about $ 1,000 - 1,050 today ) to Anna Boch , an impressionist painter , member of Les XX and art collector from Belgium ; Anna was the sister of Eugène Boch , another impressionist painter and a friend of Van Gogh , too , who had painted Boch 's portrait ( Le Peintre aux Étoiles ) in Arles , in autumn 1888 .