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As a young man working for Dutch art dealer Goupil & Co, Vincent Van Gogh was sent to London in 1873 to work in the firm's Covent Garden branch. Two months later he moved to a house in Stockwell \u2013 a building now marked by a blue plaque. In this episode, we're joined by Van Gogh House London's Alice Childs and Livia Wang, and art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon, to explore Van Gogh's life in the city and the role it played in inspiring him to become an artist.\xa0\nTo find out more about London's blue plaques, go to: www.english-heritage.org.uk/blue-plaques\xa0\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices