Monday, May 19, 2014

Van Gogh at Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy

Van Gogh leaves Arles, where he had been living since 20 February 1888, by train, accompanied by the Reverend Frederick Salles, pastor of the Reformed Protestant Church in Arles, for the Asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Remy-de-Provence.

Van Gogh spent most of the last year of his life, from 1889 to 1890, painting frantically in St. Remy.  While voluntary committed to an asylum there in Saint-Paul-de-Mausole he produced 150 canvases.

He continued to paint the surrounding countryside at various times of day from within these confines, working through window of his room, or in the garden of the hospital.

Although he sold just one painting during his lifetime, van Gogh produced 800 oil paintings and 700 drawings.
Van Gogh at Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy  


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