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CONTENTS
Young Scheveningen Woman .......................................................
...........................14 The Prayer .......................................
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.15 Beach at Scheveninqen ......................................................
.......................................16 Farmhouses ...........................
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........17 Spinning Wheel ......................................................
.......................................................18 The Potato Eaters ....
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.....................19 The Old Cemetnl Tower at Nuenen ........................
............................................... 20 Cottage at Nightfall ........
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............. 21 Still Life with Th Fee Bottles ................................
...................................................... 22 Still Life with Bible
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.........................23 Portrait of an Old Man with Beard ..................
..........................................................24 The Parsonage at Ne
unen ...........................................................................
................25 A Pair of Shoes .............................................
....................................................................26 Still Lif
e with a Basket of Potatoes ....................................................
........................27 Vase with Daisies ...................................
.........................................................................28 Skul
l with Burning Cigarette .......................................................
...............................29 Montmartre Quarry The Mills ..................
..................................................................30 Basket with
Pansies on a Table ............................................................
......................31 View of the Roofs of Paris ............................
................................................................32 A Pair of Sho
es .............................................................................
....................................33 Japonaiserie ............................
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.........34 Flowerpot with Chives ..............................................
....................................................35 Glass of Absinthe and a C
arafe ..........................................................................
........36 Restaurant at Asnieres ..............................................
....................................................37 Trees and Undergrowth ...
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............38 The Seine .......................................................
....................................................................39 The Alysc
amps ...........................................................................
......................................40 The Novel Reader ......................
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.....41 Encampment of Gypsies ..................................................
............................................42 Spectators in the Arena at Arles
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43 The Red Vineyard ............................................................
................................................44 Still Life：French NoveI .......
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.........45 A Garden with Flowers ..............................................
...................................................46 The Old Mill .............
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..........................47 The Sower .........................................
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.48 The White Orchard ..........................................................
...............................................49 Pink Peach Tree in Blossom ...
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.....50 Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Tress ..................................
...............................51 An Old Woman of Arles ........................
........................................................................52 View
of Arles .......................................................................
.............................................53 Fishing Boats on the Beach .....
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...54 Portrait of a One-Eyed Man ...............................................
.........................................55 The Langlois Bridqe at Arles .......
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56 The Seascape at Saintes-Maries ..............................................
..................................57 The YelIow House ..........................
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.58 Vincent's Bedroom in Arles .................................................
.......................................59 Gauguin's Chair ......................
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........60 Self-Portrait with Felt Hat .........................................
..................................................61 Blossoming AImond Branch ..
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....62 Self-Portrait as an Artis63 .............................................
..............................................63 The Road Menders ..............
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..........64 Enclosed Field with Rising Sun ....................................
.............................................65 Vincent's Chair with his Pipe ..
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...66 Wheatfield with Cypresses ................................................
.........................................67 Self-Portrait ......................
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................68 Lilacs ......................................................
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Wheatfield with Reaper and Sun .................................................
............................70 Crab on its Back ................................
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A Pair Of Wooden Clogs ........................................................
......................................72 Sunflowers ............................
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...........73 Evening：The Watch(after Millet) ....................................
.......................................74 Olive Grove ..........................
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.............75 The Garden of Saint Paul's HospitaI ............................
............................................76 Undergrowth with lvy ............
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......77 Pieta(after Delacroix) ................................................
....................................................78 Death,S Head Moth .......
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................79 The Church at Auvers ........................................
...........................................................80 Portrait of Dr.Gac
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.........................81 Marguerite Gachet in Her Garden ....................
.......................................................82 The Good Samaritan ...
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..................83 Prisoners Exercising(after Dore) ..........................
.....................................................84 Thatched Cottacles in Co
rdeville .......................................................................
......85 Pine Trees with Figure ................................................
..................................................86 The Garden of Dr.Gachet ...
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.........87 Village Street and Steps ...........................................
...................................................88 Noon：Rest from Work ........
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.......89 Portrait of Adeline Ravoux ...........................................
..............................................90 lrises ........................
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...........................91 Wheatfield with Crows ............................
....................................................................92 Daubigny'
s Garden .......................................................................
................................93 The Plough and the Harrow ...................
...................................................................94 Landscape
with the Chateau ...............................................................
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INDEX
A Garden with Flowers ..........................................................
........................................46 A Pair of Shoes .....................
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............26 A Pair of Shoes .................................................
................................................................33 A Pair Of Woo
den Clogs ......................................................................
........................72 An Old Woman of Arles ...............................
.................................................................52 Basket with
Pansies on a Table .............................................................
.....................31 Beach at Scheveninqen ..................................
............................................................16 Blossoming AImond
Branch ........................................................................
..............62 Cottage at Nightfall ..........................................
...........................................................21 Crab on its Back .
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.............................71 Daubigny's Garden ..............................
.........................................................................93 Deat
h,S Head Moth ..................................................................
.....................................79 Encampment of Gypsies ..................
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Enclosed Field with Rising Sun .................................................
................................65 Evening The Watch(after Millet) .............
...................................................................74 Farmhouses
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......................................17 Fishing Boats on the Beach ............
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Flowerpot with Chives ..........................................................
.......................................35 Gauguin's Chair ......................
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........60 Glass of Absinthe and a Carafe ......................................
...........................................36 Japonaiserie .....................
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................34 Landscape with the Chateau ..................................
..................................................95 Lilacs ....................
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...............................69 lrises .......................................
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............91 Marguerite Gachet in Her Garden .................................
..........................................82 Montmartre Quarry The Mills .......
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Noon Rest from Work ............................................................
......................................89 Olive Grove ...........................
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............75 Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Tress ...........................
......................................51 Pieta(after Delacroix) ................
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....78 Pine Trees with Figure ..................................................
................................................86 Pink Peach Tree in Blossom ..
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.......50 Portrait of a One-Eyed Man ...........................................
..............................................55 Portrait of Adeline Ravoux ....
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.....90 Portrait of an Old Man with Beard ......................................
......................................24 Portrait of Dr.Gachet .................
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....81 Prisoners Exercising(after Dore) ........................................
.......................................84 Restaurant at Asnieres ...............
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...37 Self-Portrait ............................................................
..........................................................68 Self-Portrait as an
Artist ........................................................................
......................63 Self-Portrait with Felt Hat ...........................
................................................................61 Skull with Bu
rning Cigarette ................................................................
......................29 Spectators in the Arena at Arles ......................
...........................................................43 Spinning Wheel ...
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...........................18 Still Life with a Basket of Potatoes .............
...............................................................27 Still Life wit
h Bible ........................................................................
..................................23 Still Life with Th Fee Bottles ............
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ill Life French NoveI ..........................................................
........................................45 Sunflowers ..........................
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.............73 Thatched Cottacles in Cordeville ...............................
..............................................85 The Alyscamps .................
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................40 The Church at Auvers ........................................
...........................................................80 The Garden of Dr.G
achet ..........................................................................
..................87 The Garden of Saint Paul's HospitaI .......................
.................................................76 The Good Samaritan .........
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............83 The Langlois Bridqe at Arles ....................................
...................................................56 The Novel Reader .........
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...................41 The Old Cemetnl Tower at Nuenen ..........................
...............................................20 The Old Mill .................
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......................47 The Parsonage at Neunen ...............................
............................................................25 The Plough and th
e Harrow .......................................................................
................94 The Potato Eaters ...........................................
................................................................19 The Prayer ..
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.......................................15 The Red Vineyard .....................
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.......44 The Road Menders .....................................................
...................................................64 The Seascape at Saintes-Ma
ries ...........................................................................
.....57 The Seine ..............................................................
.............................................................39 The Sower ......
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....................................48 The White Orchard .......................
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..49 The YelIow House ..........................................................
.................................................58 Trees and Undergrowth ......
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.........38 Undergrowth with lvy ...............................................
...................................................77 Vase with Daisies ........
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....................28 View of Arles ...........................................
..........................................................................53 Vie
w of the Roofs of Paris ........................................................
....................................32 Village Street and Steps ................
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Vincent's Bedroom in Arles ....................................................
....................................59 Vincent's Chair with his Pipe ...........
..........................................................................66 Whe
atfield with Crows .............................................................
...................................92 Wheatfield with Cypresses ................
.........................................................................67 Whea
tfield with Reaper and Sun .....................................................
........................70 Young Scheveningen Woman ............................
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VINCENT VAN GOGH 1853 - 1890
O
n the very rare occasions that a painting by Vincent van Gogh is put up for sale，t
he work invariably sells for millions of dollars．His paintings have shatteredaucti
on records around the world-all the more ironic，
and craved the company of other artists．In his lifetime he painted about 870 paint
ings-the exact number is unknown because a number of works attributed to him are
disputed and a number were lost or destroyed in his lifetime．Interestingly, van G
ogh only signed paintings that he considered were finished，so many paintings do no
t bear his flourishing "Vincent" signature． Van Gogh thought and cared deeply abou
t his art and repeatedly attacked artistic problems until he arrived at a satisf
actory conclusion．However，he has been accused of actively embracing the role of mad
genius and tortured artistic soul to such an extent that he deliberately encoura
ged bouts of insanity to add to his artistic credentials． Vincent loved painting o
utdoors where he could feel Nature and felt his function was to show the process
of creation．The seasons are fundamental to his paintingsthere is frequently an in
dication of the time of year in his work． Vincent Willem van Gogh was descended fr
om a long line of Dutch Reform Church pastors．He was born the first of six childre
n on March 30，1853，to Theodorus and Anna．They lived happily in the vicarage at Groot Z
undert near
then，that he lived a life of grinding poverty．Indeed，it is thought that he only sold o
ne painting in his entire life-though he did give many away to his friends and a
dmirers．His psychological problems and deep unhappiness inform his paintings，yet the
y are not pictures of gloom and despair．Van Gogh painted sunshine and color and li
fe in all its vibrant manifestations． In his early works Vincent only showed flash
es of his talent as he copied the work of other artists．It was not until he moved
first to Paris and then the south of France that his startling originality burst
through onto his canvases in paintings of uninhibited exuberance． Vincent van Gog
h's strikingly gaunt features are easily recognizable from his many self-portrai
ts-over 40．His short red hair and beard，prominent nose，and staring，unflinching，green e
appear to carry an introspective，self-composed look，as if challenging and daring the
onlooker to understand him．He longed to be recognized and accepted as an artist

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Breda，in Brabant where they lived a safe，pious，modest，hard working， respectable middle
ss life．In later years he would look back on this time with great nostalgia and af
fection． As well as the church，the other van Gogh family business was art-three of h
is uncles were art dealers．In 1869，at age 16，Vincent became an apprentice at The Hague
branch of Goupil εt Ci ， on of th l ading art d al rs in Europ . In 1873 his brot
h r Th o，four y ars his junior，also join d th firm． As a r ward for his hard work Vin
c nt was transf rr d to th London branch in summ r 1873．But a long way from his f
amily his acut lon lin ss provok d what would b com a lif -long struggl again
st m lancholy and d pr ssion． During this p riod Vinc nt start d a r gular corr sp
ond nc with Th o， who k pt ov r 800 of his l tt rs nsuring
that Vinc nt's stat of mind is w ll docum nt d． Th o was Vinc nt's anchor-h r li
d on him utt rly，valu d his opinions， and in short，idoliz d him．H wrot to him but al
o paint d for him；ind d, h saw Th o as b ing a co-cr ator in his paintings． In abo
ut 1873 Vinc nt was r j ct d in lov and this s ms to b th turning point for
his mania；h b cam isolat d and taciturn，and start d to r ad th Bibl obs ssiv ly．Hi
s family b cam incr asingly worri d by th uns ttling ton of his l tt rs and a
rrang d for his transf r to th Paris branch of Goupil's Thanks in part to his r
ligious fanaticism, th transf r was not a succ ss and th company dismiss d hi
m By spring 1877 Vinc nt had d cid d to b com a cl rgyman and mov d to Amst rda
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Gr k，and math matics．But h gav up wh n it b cam obvious that h would fail his
xaminations．Imm rs d in pi ty h id ntifi d with St Paul and r j ct d worldly pr o
ccupations．His p rsonal hygi n suff r d and h look d incr asingly unk mpt and di
sr putabl ．His family d spair d of him：his fath r took him hom many tim s to try to
calm him down with th p ac and qui t of hom lif ， but th ff cts w r at b st
only t mporary. Finally,th family agr d that Vinc nt should try lay pr aching，a
nd h was s nt to th Borinag ，a d sp rat ly poor B lgian mining district：Vinc nt wa
s thrill d at th prosp ct．Whil th r ，h liv d th lif of an asc tic-his food br a
d and wat r；his hom ，a n ar—d r lict hut．H gav away most of his cloth s to n dy min r
s and g n rally alarm d his sup riors so much with his r ligious nthusiasm that
th Evang lical Committ d clin d to r n w his contract. How v r,and p rhaps m
or importantly to him，Vinc nt was acc pt d by th min rs and th ir famili s． Vinc n
t hims lf r cogniz d that h was not suit d to lay pr aching and d cid d to d di
cat hims lf to art inst ad．H mov d to Bruss ls（with what was to b com r gular fin
ancial h lp from Th o）to study art at th non-f paying Bruss ls
Acad my．Whil th r h practic d drawing x rcis s and copi d w ll-known paintings
to improv his t chniqu ．His r li v d family g n rally approv d，and allow d him to
mov back hom ．But h was impossibl to liv with，his fath r d spair d of him，and h w
as ask d to l av ．H had fall n d sp rat ly in lov with his r c ntly widow d cous
in，K . Sh and th family w r horrifi d at his prot stations of lov which w r
so improp r in such a v ry conv ntional and moral nvironm nt．A t rribl family ar
gum nt on Christmas Day 1881 r sult d in Vinc nt l aving hom and moving to Th
Hagu ． Still a young and in xp ri nc d paint r Vinc nt's arly work was conv ntion
aloft n still liv s of rustic simplicity and rath r somb r colors．H l ft th Brus
s ls Acad my and b gan to s lf t ach through th us of art instruction books．H a
lso njoy d copying illustrations，particularly th agricultural compositions of ro
mantic social r alism by J an-Frangois Mill t and Jul s Br ton． Craving f minin c
ompany Vinc nt b cam attach d to a 30-y ar old prostitut call d Si n(Clasina M
aria Hoomik)Cond mn d as a fall n woman by soci ty， sh w lcom d his support as sh
had a young daught r and was xp cting anoth r baby.

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It s ms that Vinc nt was attract d to h r by th v ry things that ali nat d h r
from soci ty-h r suff ring，h r prof ssion，h r pov rty， v n h r smallpox-ravag d fac ．
is family w r outrag d but h was cont nt, although th y had no incom xc pt T
h o's monthly allowanc ，sinc Vinc nt succ d d in stopping Si n working th str
ts whil h paint d-oft n from dawn to dusk-but without s lling any work Vinc nt
took to painting outsid （a n w conv ntion）around th fring s of Th Hagu ，in particul
ar s asid sc n s with fish rm n and boats．H njoy d working clos to th l m nt
s and would r turn hom with sand cak d into his paint．But th family r gularly w
nt without food and Vinc nt b cam so w ak that h was unabl to work. Frustrat
d as Vinc nt bought art mat rials rath r than food，Si n r turn d to prostitution-m
uch to Vinc nt's disapproval. Th o was appall d byth ir pov rty and squalor and
convinc d Vinc nt that th only way h could d vot hims lf to painting was to l
av Si n．Th y had b n tog th r
20 months，but Vinc nt acknowl dg d th wisdom of parting and mov d away to liv al
on in Dr nt ，an unfashionabl r mot rural r gion of Holland．H stay d for thr mo
nths during which tim h mpathiz d and admir d th und rprivil g d workm n and
craftsm n in th ir daily toil with th ir dignity, solidarity，and work thic．H pain
t d th p asants at work in th fi lds and th ir cottag s s t in th flat windsw
pt landscap . But m lancholia was his constant companionh was d pr ss d and f
lt guilty about l aving Si n and in his painting h was s arching for simplicity
and truth． Rural isolation was not th answ r and in D c mb r 1883 Vinc nt r turn
d to his par nts who w r now living in th villag of Nu n n in Brabant．H stay
d for two y ars, th long st p riod h sp nt anywh r as an artist．Th stay was pu
nctuat d with argum nts with his fath r-mostly about soci ty and conformity．H gra
vitat d to th poor p asants in th villag -many of th m w av rs-and was mor r
adily acc pt d by th m than his bourg ois p rs．

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In F bruary 1884 Vinc nt agr d to s nd his paintings to Th o in Paris in xchan
g for mon y ord rs of 150 francs a month．Th y continu d this transaction for Vinc
nt's lif v n through th ir p riods of strang m nt．This did not pr clud Vinc n
t's fr qu nt r qu sts for mor mon y-to pay his mod ls or for mor mat rials．Th n,
sudd nly，in March 1885 Vinc nt's fath r di d of a strok ，ag d 63．Family and villag rs
f lt Vinc nt was at l ast partially r sponsibl ．In May h l ft th family hom to
r nt a studio n arby． Th following month Vinc nt paint d his first r al mast rpi
c ．"Th Potato Eat rs"． All th whil h was thinking about th principl s and prac
tic of art，which in turn mad him frustrat d with his inability to int rpr t his
id as on canvas．Local politics and social nic ti s w r g tting him down and Vinc
nt start d to hank r for th xcit m nt of city lif ．Paris at this tim was a magn
t for artists，both of th old conv ntional school as w ll as thos at th l ading
dg of mod m painting．In Octob r h l ft for Paris，arriving th r in F bruary 1886
via Amst rdam and Antw rp. H mov d in with Th o in Montmartr ，and th broth rs b
cam clos r than v n.
Th o was making hisnam as a sp cialist d al r in th work of young artists，and Vi
nc nt was abl to introduc him into avant gard circl s Vinc nt m t and mad fr
i nds with num rous artists and his paintings b cam mor colorful and optimisti
c．H was popular among his cont mporari s and his unconv ntional looks and mann rs
fitt d p rf ctly with th notion of how an artist should b hav ．His Paris p riod
was v ry prolific：in all h paint d almost 230 works th r ，many of th m xp rim nts
with t chniqu s and coloring d v lop d by th Impr ssionists．But，on th n gativ sid
，it was in Paris that h start d drinking h avily． Vinc nt's primary influ nc at t
his tim was Japan and all things Japan s ．Japan had b com a major cultural influ
nc in th W st sinc th 1867 Paris World Fair and artists w r particularly s
usc ptibl to th n w styl ．Van Gogh had coll ct d Japan s prints of th Ukiyoy
School sinc his days in Antw rp and whil in Paris coll ct d lit rally hundr ds
of Japan s woodcuts．H copi d a numb r of his favorit prints，particularly liking
th ir d corativ quality,with blocks of color, forms of contrast，unusual p rsp cti
v s and us of spac ．All this had a profound

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influ nc on his own styl as h lat r wrot from Arl s in summ r 1888，"My whol w
ork is found d on th Japan s ，so to sp ak..in its hom land Japan s art is in a s
tat of d clin ．but it is putting down n w roots in Fr nch Impr ssionism." Unabl
to journ y to Japan, Vinc nt did what h consid r d th n xt b st thing：h w nt to
th South of Franc ．H want d to unit art and lif ．His first d stination was Ari s
wh r h stay d in gu sthous s．By 1888 h was painting v ry fast and with gr at c
onfid nc ． H was happy at last-working v ry day，painting what v r was in front of
him．This is th p riod of his principal mast rpi c s；his paintings ar full of int n
s color，not just b caus of th south rn light but as a continuation of his Japan
s influ nc ，in d f r nc to which h paint d no shadows in his work. Working f v
rishly v ry day h soon n d d som wh r to stor his canvas s，
so in S pt mb r 1888 h r nt d four rooms for 15 francs a month to us as a stud
io in what b cam known as th "y llow hous "on th Plac Lamartin ．Vinc nt was soo
n sk tching，using p n and ink drawings-an conomy m asur ，in part so h could during
bouts of madn ss．r duc his financial d p nd nc on Th o who was having a difficu
lt tim at work. Typically h would work v ry quickly，but h plann d all th l m
nts first，and th n would attack th proj ct． on r ason why his paintings and drawin
gs hav such imm diacy and vigor Physically，Vinc nt's work was taking a h avy toll：h
was living on coff , alcohol, nicotin , and not much ls . H suff r d from h
angov rs and th r w r tim s h couldn't think cl arly．As h got wors h xp ri
nc d hallucinations In July 1888 Vinc nt r c iv d som mon y with which h r nov
at d and. furnish d th "y llow hous ."H was xcit dly anticipating a stay by f
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Paul Gauguin and was hoping to p rsuad him to r main th r ，th first of what h h
op d would b com an artists' colony．Th famous sunflow r paintings w r produc d
to d corat th hous and to show off his artistic ability and his fri nd was gr
atifyingly impr ss d. Gauguin r luctantly arriv d in Arl s on Octob r 23 h was
to sp nd two n ar fruitl ss months th r ．Th y did not g t on as w ll as Vinc nt ha
d hop d． Gauguin f lt sup rior both as an artist and as a p rson，and hat d th provi
nciality and lack of sophistication of Ari s． Vinc nt was distraught at th way th
ir r lationship d t riorat d．On th v ning of D c mb r 23 h cut off his right
arlob , wrapp d it in n wspap r, walk d to th local broth l, and pr s nt d it t
o Rach l，a prostitut th r ．Sh call d th polic who took him to hospital．H was luck
y not to bl d to d ath as h had s v r d an art ry．Th following morning Gauguin
l ft without s ing Vinc nt．Th y did not m t again although th y r sum d a
sporadic corr spond nc ． Vinc nt was critically ill for a tim but within two w k
s had r gain d his str ngth and r sum d his form r lif ． Th natur of Vinc nt's i
lln ss has b n wid ly sp culat d upon but nouncont st d conclusion has b n r a
ch d．During s izur h h ard strang sounds and voic s-this might hav b n schizo
phr nia，alcoholism， syphilis，or som thing ls ntir ly：his physicians thought it was
ikpsy. In F bruary 1889 h suff r d a bout of paranoia so s v r that h was hos
pitaliz d for t n days．Som 80 or so p opl from Ari s p tition d th city authori
ti s claiming that Vinc nt Was a "public m nac " and d mand d that th y lock him
up．In lat F bruary h was hospitaliz d as a lunatic． Although his d m ntia only ca
m in bouts Vinc nt voluntarily nt r d th monast ry of Saint-Paul-d -Mausol ，an
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of Arl s．H Was w ll awar of th romantic st r otyp of th artist tortur d by ta
l nt. It is hard to say wh th r h d lib rat ly liv d up to this imag , but h wr
ot to Th o assuring him that h was still hims lf apart from occasional m ntal
laps s． Whil hospitaliz d Vinc nt was sup rvis d at all tim s and was not allow d
to l av th hospital to find subj ct matt r to paint．In fact h was rar ly allow
d to hav his painting mat rials at a11．H miss d his work t rribly, but unabl t
o s arch for inspiration，h turn d to copying his sunflow rs and paint d thr mor
v rsions． Oth rwis h paint d vi ws of th hospital and gard ns． Th asylum provi
d d him with much n d d isolation and pr v nt d him from abusing drink and toba
cco．His painting had b com his survival t chniqu and his output was c as l ss．H t
ri d to us th n rgy cr at d by his madn ss as a positiv forc in his art．It wa
s whil h r that Vinc nt start d using circular strok s and snaking lin s on hi
s paintings． Th s hav b n int rpr t d as signs of his m ntal instability and ob
s ssiv natur ．
His bouts of insanity convinc d him to turn his back on th world but as his h a
lth improv d h was allow d to go b yond th asylum pr cincts． Whil incarc rat d
at Saint—Rmy, Vinc nt produc d 140 paintings，but only sign d s v n of th m．His r currin
g th m s w r now landscap s f aturing oliv grov s， cypr ss tr s，and th mountains
of th Alpill s． All this tim hispaintings w r b ing stockpil d，a numb r of th m
in Paris with Th o and anoth r pil with．Pr Tanguy．P opl had h ard about Vinc nt's
work and a buzz was starting．H submitt d two paintings．"Iris s" and"Starry Night ov
r th Rhon " to th fifth xhibition h ld by th Salon d s Indp ndants in S pt m
b r 1889．It got him notic d, but Vinc nt forbad Th o to r l as any but minimal i
nformation about hims lf, v n to publiciz his work． Th n t n paintings w r show
n at th sixth Salon d s Indp ndants xhibition and Vinc nt was laud d as on of
th young lions of mod rn art．But succ ss

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panick d him：h f ar d that its pric would b too high in suff ring．Gr atly alarm d，h
r turn d to copying paintings by th gr at mast rs， sp cially Mill t and D lacro
ix，but putting his own int rpr tations into th work． Vinc nt stay d in th asylum f
or a y ar．According to th dir ctor h was calm and qui t for much of th tim but
paint d obs ssiv ly． H suff r d four m ntal pisod s wh n h was ov rwh lm d by
f ars and paranoia．Wh n this happ n d，h would st al and drink k ros n int nd d for
th lamps and swallow toxic paint．But h had start d to long to go hom ，back to th
cool r，gr y r, north． On May 16，1890 h s t off，alon ，for Paris． Arriving in Paris a
s hous Vinc nt s m d w ll and happy to catch up with his family and fri nds．H d
camp d to th rural town of Auv rs-sur-Ois just outsid Paris on May 20 and st
art d painting imm diat ly. Just as h had hop d，his paintings cam out calm r wit
hout th fr n tic brushwork of r c nt tim s． Vinc nt sp nt two months in Auv rs，duri
ng which h paint d ighty works and s m d (from his l tt rs ) r markably cont
nt．But on th v ning of July 27， 1890，h shot hims lf in th ch st with a r volv r-wh
r th gun cam from and wh r h was wh n h shot hims lf no on knows．Badly inj
ur d，h r turn d to his r nt d room．Th o rush d to his sid th following day，th 28th．
found Vinc nt in b d，cont nt dly smoking his pip ．His last words ar r cord d as，
"I wish it w r all ov r now．" H di d on July 29．1890 ag d 37． Th r is no appar nt r
ason for Vinc nt's suicid ．many th ori s hav b n posit d but non ar ntir ly
convincing．It is possibl that h did it for Th o who was unappr ciat d by his mp
loy rs and struggling at work．Vinc nt had b n his lif -long financial burd n unab
l to r pay him in any way xc pt fri ndship Furth rmor ，Vinc nt kn w and was appa
ll d by th way an artist's paintings l apt up in valu th mom nt th artist di
d．H was l aving a larg l gacy of paintings to Th o and his family and mayb saw
this as th only way to truly h lp th m． His coffin lay in his room abov th inn，d
corat d with sunflow rs and y llow dahlias and his last paintings w r hung on
th surrounding walls．H was buri d th n xt day in Auv rs c m t ry．Th o was d vasta
t d． Two months lat r h was s iz d by d lirium and within six months，h ，too，was d ad．
914 his widow had him r int rr d b sid Vinc nt in Auv rs．H di d without knowing
that Vinc nt van Gogh would soon b acknowl dg d as on of th gr at st artists
of all tim ．

YOUNG SCHEVENINGEN WOMAN, KNITTING: FACING RIGHT
1881
Plat 1

THE PRAYER
1882
Plat 2

BEACH AT SCHEVENINGEN IN STORMY WEATHER
1882, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 34.5 X 51 cm
Plat 3

COTTAGES
1883, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 35 X 55.5 cm
Plat 4

SPINNING WHEEL
1884, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 34 X 44 cm
Plat 5

THE POTATO EATERS
1885, Van Gogh Mus um,Amst rdam 81.5 X 114.5 cm
Plat 6

THE OLD CEMETRY TOWER AT NUENEN
1885, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 63 X 79 cm
Plat 7
0
COTTAGE AT NIGHTFALL
1885, Van Gogh Mus um,Amst rdam 65.5 X 79 cm
Plat 8

STILL LIFE WITH THREE BOTTLES AND EARTHENWARE VESSEL
1885, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 39.5 X 56 cm
Plat 9

STILL LIFE WITH BIBLE
1885, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 65 X 78 cm
Plat 10

FORTRAIT OF AN OLD MAN WITH BEARD
1885, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 44.5 X 33.5 cm
Plat 11

THE PARSONAGE AT NEUNEN
1885, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 33 X 43 cm
Plat 12

A PAIR OF SHOES
1885, Van Gogh Mus um,Amst rdam 37.5 X 45 cm
Plat 13

STILL LIFE WITH A BASKET OF POTATOES
1885, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 44.5 X 60 cm
Plat 14

VASE WITH DAISIES
1886, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 40 X 56 cm
Plat 15

SKULL WITH BURNING CIGARETTE
1886, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 32 X 24.5 cm
Plat 16

MONTMARTRE QUARRY,THE MILLS
1886, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 32 X 41 cm
Plat 17
0
BASKET WITH PANSIES ON A TABLE
1886, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 46 X 55.5 cm
Plat 18

VIEW OF THE ROOFS OF PARIS
1886, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 30 X 41 cm
Plat 19

A PAIR OF SHOES, ONE SHOE UPSIDE DOWN
1887, Th Baltimor Mus um of Art 34 X 41.5 cm
Plat 20

JAPONAISERIE: THE BRIDGE IN THE RAIN (AFTER HIROSHIGE)
1887, Rijksmus um, Holland 78 X 54 cm
Plat 21

FLOWERPOT WITH CHIVES
1887, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 31.5 X 22 cm
Plat 22

GLASS OF ABSINTHE AND A CARAFE
1887, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 46.5 X 33 cm
Plat 23

RESTAURANT AT ASNIERES
1887, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 18.5 X 27 cm
Plat 24

TREES AND UNDERGROWTH
1887, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 46.5 X 55.5 cm
Plat 25

THE SEINE WITH THE PONT DE LA GRANDE JATTE
1887, Van Gogh Mus um, Amst rdam 32 X 40.5 cm
Plat 26

THE ALYSCAMPS
1888 Lausann , Coll ctonn Basil p. and Elis Goulandris 93 X 72 cm
Plat 27
0
THE NOVEL READER
1888 Japan, Privat Coll ction 73 X 92 cm
Plat 28

ENCAMPMENT OF GYPSIES WITH CARAVANS
1888 Paris, Mus d’Orsay 45 X 51 cm
Plate 29

SPECTATORS IN THE ARENA AT ARLES
1888 Hermitage, Lenningrad 73 X 92 cm
Plate 30

THE RED VINEYARD
1888 Moscow, Pushkin Museum 75 X 93 cm
Plate 31

STILL LIFE: FRENCH NOVEL
1888 Rijksmuseum, Holland
Plate 32

A GARDEN WITH FLOWERS
1888, Private Collection 61 X 49 cm
Plate 33

THE OLD MILL
1888, Albright-knox Art Gallery, Buffalo 64.5 X 54 cm
Plate 34

THE SOWER
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 32 X 40 cm
Plate 35

THE WHITE ORCHARD
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 60 X 81 cm
Plate 36

PINK PEACH TREE IN BLOSOM
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 73 X 59.5 cm
Plate 37
0
ORCHARD WITH BLOSSOMING APRICOT TREES
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 64.5 X 80.5 cm
Plate 38

AN OLD WOMAN OF ARLES
1888, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam 58 X 42.5 cm
Plate 39

VIEW OF ARLES
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 54 X 65 cm
Plate 40

FISHING BOATS ON THE BEACH AT SAINTES-MARIE
1888, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam 65 X 81.5 cm
Plate 41

PORTRAIT OF A ONE-EYED MAN
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 56 X 36.5 cm
Plate 42

THE LANGLOIS BRIDGE AT ARLES
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 59.5 X 74 cm
Plate 43

THE SEASCAPE AT SAINTES-MARIES
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 51 X 64 cm
Plate 44

THE YELLOW HOUSE
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 72 X 91.5 cm
Plate 45

VINCENT’S BEDROOM IN ARLES
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 72 X 90 cm
Plate 46

GAUGUIN’S CHAIR
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 90.5 X 72.5 cm
Plate 47
0
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH FELT HAT
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 44 X 37.5 cm
Plate 48

BLOSSOMING ALMOND BRANCH IN A GLASS
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 24 X 19 cm
Plate 49

SELF-PORTRAIT AS AN ARTIST
1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 65.5 X 50.5 cm
Plate 50

THE ROAD MENDERS
1889, The Cleveland Museum of Art 73.7 X 92 cm
Plate 51

ENCLOSED FIELD WITH RISING SUN
1889, Private Collection 71 X 90.5 cm
Plate 52

VINCENT’S CHAIR WITH HIS PIPE
1889, National Gallery Collection, London 93 X 73.5 cm
Plate 53

WHEATFIELD WITH CYPRESSES
1889, National Gallery Collection, London 72.5 X 91.5 cm
Plate 54

SELF-PORTRAIT
1889, Musee d’Orsay 65 X 54 cm
Plate 55

LILACE
1889, Hermitage, Leningrad 73 X 92 cm
Plate 56

WHEATFIELD WITH REAPER AND SUN
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 73 X 92 cm
Plate 57
0
CRAB ON ITS BACK
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 38 X 46.5 cm
Plate 58

A PAIR OF WOODEN CLOGS
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 32.5 X 40.5 cm
Plate 59

SUNFLOWERS
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 95 X 73 cm
Plate 60

EVENING: THE WATCH (AFTER MILLET)
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 74.5 X 93.5 cm
Plate 61

OLIVE GROVE
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 45.5 X 59.5 cm
Plate 62

THE GARDEN OF SAINT PAUL’S HOSPITAL
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 71.5 X 90.5 cm
Plate 63

UNDERDROWTH WITH IVY
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 49 X 64 cm
Plate 64

PIETA (AFTER DELACROIX)
1889, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 73 X 60.5 cm
Plate 65

DEATH’S HEAD MOTH
1889, Van Gogh Museum,Amsterdam 33.5 X 24.5 cm
Plate 66

THE CHURCH AT AUVERS
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 94 X 74 cm
Plate 67
0
PORTRAIT OF DR.GACHET
1890, Private Collection 67 X 56 cm
Plate 68

MARGUERITE GACHET IN HER GARDEN
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 45 X 55 cm
Plate 69

THE GOOD SAMARITAN (AFTER DELACROIX)
1890, Rijksmuseum 73 X 60 cm+
Plate 70

PRISONERS EXERCISING (AFTER DORE)
1890, Pushkin Museum, Moscow 80 X 64 cm
Plate 71

THATCHED COTTAGES IN CORDEVILLE
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 72 X 91 cm
Plate 72

PINE TREES WITH FIGURE IN THE GARDEN SAINT PAUL HOSPITAL
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 58 X 45 cm
Plate 73

THE GARDEN OF DR. GACHET IN AUVERS
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 73 X 51.5 cm
Plate 74

VILLAGE STREET AND STEPS IN AUVERS WITH FIGURES
1890, The Saint Louis Art Museum 49.8 X 70.1 cm
Plate 75

NOON: REST FROM WORK
1890, Musee d’Orsay, Paris 73 X 91 cm
Plate 76

PORTRAIT OF ADELINE RAVOUX
1890, Private Collection 73.7 X 54.7 cm
Plate 77
0
IRISES
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 92 X 73.5 cm
Plate 78

WHEATFIELD WITH CROWS
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 50.5 X 103 cm
Plate 79

DAUBIGNY’S GARDEN
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 50.7 X 50.7 cm
Plate 80

THE PLOUGH AND THE HARROW (AFTER MILLET)
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 72 X 92 cm
Plate 81

LANDSCAPE WITH THE CHATEAU OF AUVERS AT SUNSET
1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 50 X 101 cm
Plate 82

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