Following Van Gogh

About the author, Tea Gudek Šnajdar

Tea is an art historian and blogger behind the Culture Tourist, a travel blog focused on European destinations’ art, history and culture, with occasional trips outside the Old Continent.

Tea has always loved art. During her studies, when she started working as a museum guide, she realized how many people are intimidated by art and found museums to be scary places where art is reserved only for the few who understand it. So, she dedicated her work to making art more understandable, enjoyable and less scary.

After receiving her MA degree in Art History, she moved from her home town, Zagreb (Croatia), to Amsterdam. And found that to be a great opportunity to start her own business.

After working in museums and getting some experience in the travel industry, she wanted to combine art and travel in her work. She started organizing private museum tours at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum.

To make art pieces come to life, she researched where famous painters, like Van Gogh, lived and worked. And how you can still follow their footsteps in many places in Europe. She created a mobile app Rembrandt in Amsterdam and wrote a lot about the places linked to Van Gogh in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Besides writing on her blog, she also writes articles about cultural tourism and art for magazines and online publications.

Six years later, that small blog about art and culture in Europe became her full-time job. Back in Zagreb, she’s currently writing her debut novel, Following Van Gogh. Stay tuned!