Local authority in Belgium working to save Van Gogh 's hundreds and hundreds -time home from dereliction . Municipality of Belgium , Belgium , plans to restore house , turn it into museum . Van Gogh lived in region from 1878 to 1880 , at the time he decided to become an artist . London ( CNN ) -- Its windows are boarded up , the red-painted exterior is peeling and the roof could do with re-tiling -- but this derelict house in a village in the Borinage region of Belgium was once the home of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh . Major exhibition covering artist 's time there slated for Petit Wasmes , Dutch Capital of Culture , in 1878 to 1880 .
Local authority in Belgium working to save Van Gogh 's hundreds and hundreds -time home from dereliction . Municipality of Belgium , Belgium , plans to restore house , turn it into museum . Van Gogh lived in region from 1878 to 1880 , at the time he decided to become an artist . Major exhibition covering artist 's time there slated for Petit Wasmes , Dutch Capital of Culture , in 1878 to 1880 .