1890 to 1906 - Peach Blossoms in the Crau
at the Villa Anna in Brussels



Anna Boch kept the painting in her beautiful house
in the rue de l´Abbaye in Brussels until 1906.

The painting was located in her "salon de musique" on the ground floor,
next to her most important Impressionist paintings like
the Gauguin, Seurat and Signac.

In the "salon de musique" she organised concerts, every monday,
with young musicians and singers she wanted to promote.
While listening to the music,
her guest were able to admire the beautiful van Gogh paintings.

1906 - Sale of the Peach Blossoms in the Crau
painting at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune



1906 Anna Boch sold the Peach Blossoms in the Crau Painting
at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune,
25 Boulevard de la Madeleine in Paris,
5 minutes from place de la Concorde.
1909 the Hotel Crillon located there only opened as a Grand Hotel 3 years later .



The reason for her sale was not the need of the money.

The reason was that she was intimidated
by the extraordinary talent of van Gogh.
She was so impressed by the paintings
that she could no longer paint herself.

Her brother Eugene Boch kept his van Gogh paintings.
In his will he donated his portrait to the Louvre.

1908 - Peach Blossoms in the Crau
exposed by Paul Cassirer in Berlin


In 1908 the painting Peach Blossoms in the Crau
was lend to Paul Cassirer
who organised in Germany
the expo Berlin Secession from March 5 to march 22.

Cassirer helped to make van Gogh famous.
He first helped Johanna van Gogh Bogner
(the widow of Theo van Gogh)
to publish van Gogh's letters.

Then the art dealer organised expos
where he even showed van Gogh paintings that were not for sale.
It was one of the first expositions which promoted van Gogh in Germany.

The same expo also showed some Van Gogh Irises
now located at the Metropolitain Museum of Modern Art

Paul Cassirer collaborated with the French art dealer
Paul Durand Ruel.
Over 140 van Gogh paintings have been exposed by Cassirer before World War I.

The Jewish Casirer Gallery
was the center of the German Art world.

1920 - Acquisition by Samuel Courtauld


The painting was bought in 1920
by the British business man and Art Collector,
Samuel Courtauld (1876-1947)
great nephew of the Textile magnat Samuel Courtauld.
In 1932 he founded the Courtauld Intitute of Art
and donated his collection to the institute.