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Vincent van Gogh’s life and work are so intertwined that it is hardly possible to observe one without thinking of the other. Van Gogh has indeed become the incarnation of the suffering, misunderstood martyr of modern art, the emblem of the artist as an outsider. An article, published in 1890, gave details about van Gogh’s illness. The author of the article saw the painter as “a terrible and demented genius, often sublime, sometimes grotesque, always at the brink of the pathological.” Very little is known about Vincent’s childhood. At the age of eleven he had to leave “the human nest”, as he called it himself, for various boarding schools. The first portrait shows us van Gogh as an earnest nineteen year old. At that time he had already been at work for three years in The Hague and, later, in London in the gallery Goupil & Co. In 1874 his love for Ursula Loyer ended in disaster and a year later he was transferred to Paris, against his will. After a particularly heated argument during Christmas holidays in 1881, his father, a pastor, ordered Vincent to leave. With this final break, he abandoned his family name and signed his canvases simply “Vincent”. He left for Paris and never returned to Holland. In Paris he came to know Paul Gauguin, whose paintings he greatly admired. The self-portrait was the main subject of Vincent’s work from 1886c88. In February 1888 Vincent left Paris for Arles and tried to persuade Gauguin to join him. The months of waiting for Gauguin were the most productive time in van Gogh’s life. He wanted to show his friend as many pictures as possible and decorate the Yellow House. But Gauguin did not share his views on art and finally returned to Paris. On 7 January, 1889, fourteen days after his famous self-mutilation, Vincent left the hospital where he was convalescing. Although he hoped to recover from and to forget his madness, but he actually came back twice more in the same year. During his last stay in hospital, Vincent painted landscapes in which he recreated the world of his childhood. It is said that Vincent van Gogh shot himself in the side in a field but decided to return to the inn and went to bed. The landlord informed Dr Gachet and his brother Theo, who described the last moments of his life which ended on 29 July, 1890: “I wanted to die. While I was sitting next to him promising that we would try to heal him. [...], he answered, ‘La tristesse durera toujours (The sadness will last forever).’”
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11. Self-Portrait (dedicated to Paul Gauguin), Arles, September 1888.
3332. Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, Arles, January 1889.
2“As through a looking glass, by dark reason…”
3433. Still-Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, Arles, January 1889.
33. The Yellow House (Van Gogh’s House at Arles), Arles, September 1888.
3534. The Ward in the Hospital in Arles, April 1889.
44. The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in the Snow, Nuenen, January 1885.
3635. The Poet’s Garden, Arles, September 1888.
55. The Potato Eaters, Nuenen, April 1885.
3736. Red Vineyards, Arles, November 1888.
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6Feeling nowhere so much myself a stranger as in my family and country… ” Holland, England and Belgium, 1853-1886
3837. Landscape of Auvers in the Rain, Auvers-sur-Oise, July 1890.
76. Head of a Woman, Antwerp, December 1885.
3938. Wooden Sheds, Saint-Rémy, December 1889.
87. Loom with Weaver, Neunen, May 1884.
4039. Wheat Fields in a Mountainous Landscape, Saint-Rémy, Late November - early December 1889.
98. A Pair of Shoes, Paris, early 1887.
4140. Cypresses with Two Figures, Saint-Rémy, June 1889 - Febuary 1890.
109. A Pair of Shoes, Paris, Spring 1887.
42“The spreading of the ideas”. Paris, 1886-1888
1110. Japonaiserie: The Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige), Paris, September-October 1887.
4342. Almond Blossom, Saint-Rémy, February 1890.
1211. The Father Tanguy, Paris, Automn 1887.
4443. Green Wheat Field with Cypress, Saint-Rémy, mid-June 1889.
1312. Agostina Segatori in the Café Tambourin, Paris, February-March 1887.
4544. Evening Landscape with Rising Moon, Saint-Rémy, early July 1889.
1413. Le Moulin de la Galette, Paris, 1886-1888.
4645. Self-Portrait, Saint-Rémy, late August 1889.
1514. Portrait of the Art Dealer Alexander Reid, Paris, Spring 1887.
47“An artist’s house”. Arles, 1888-1889
1615. Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel, Paris, January-February 1888.
4847. Self-Portrait, Saint-Rémy, September 1889.
1716. Woman Sitting by a Cradle, Paris, Spring 1887.
4948. Enclosed Wheat Field with Peasant, Saint-Rémy, early October 1889.
1817. Portrait of Armand Roulin, Arles, November-December 1888.
5049. View of the Church at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Saint-Rémy, October 1889.
1918. Wheat Stacks in Provence, Arles, June 1888.
5150. Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospice, Saint-Rémy, October 1889.
2019. Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, Arles, August 1888.
5251. The Sower (after Millet), Saint-Rémy, late October 1889.
2120. L’Arlésienne : Madame Ginoux with Gloves and an Umbrella, Arles, early November 1888.
5352. The Sheperd (after Millet), Saint-Rémy, November 1889.
2221. The Lullaby (Portrait of Madame Roulin), Arles, January 1889.
5453. The Good Samaritain (after Delacroix), Saint-Rémy, May 1890.
2322. The Sower, Arles, November 1888.
55“I was a fool and everything I did was wrong”. Arles, 1889
2423. Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear, Arles, January 1889.
5655. The Exercise Yard (after Gustave Doré), Saint-Rémy, February 1890.
2524. Portrait of Doctor Rey, Arles, January 1889.
5756. Pietà (after Delacroix), Saint-Rémy, September 1889.
2625. Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Arles, October 1888.
5857. Doctor Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur Oise, June 1890.
2726. The Zouave, Arles, June 1888.
5958. The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise Seen from the Chevet, June 1890.
2827. The Night Café (detail), Arles, September 1888.
60“What is the good of getting better?” Saint-Rémy, 1889-1890
2928. The Langlois Bridge at Arles, Arles, April 1888.
61“But there’s nothing sad in this death…” Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890
3029. Street in Saintes-Maries, Arles, early June 1888.
6261. Country Road in Provence by Night, Auvers-sur-Oise, July 1890.
3130. Postman Joseph Roulin, Arles, early August 1888.
6362. The Siesta (after Millet), Saint-Rémy, January 1890.
3231. The Starry Night, Arles, September 1888.
6463. The Old Sad Man, Saint-Rémy, April-May 1890.
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