After Vincent van Gogh died, his work got a new lease on life. During his lifetime, Vincent had sent paintings and drawings to his brother Theo in the hope that Theo would be able to sell them. The works would then serve to pay Theo back for all the help he had given Vincent in providing him with a monthly …
After Vincent van Gogh died, his work got a new lease on life. During his lifetime, Vincent had sent paintings and drawings to his brother Theo in the hope that Theo would be able to sell them. The works would then serve to pay Theo back for all the help he had given Vincent in providing him with a monthly …
Upon arrival in Auvers-sur-Oise on 20 May 1890, Vincent rented a room on the second floor of Auberge Ravoux in Place de la Mairie. Dr Gachet had advised him to use the village’s other inn, Saint-Aubin in Rue de Pontoise, but Vincent found it too expensive at six francs per night. Arthur Gustave Ravoux and his wife, Adeline Louise Touillet, …
Vincent came to Saint-Remy de Provence on 8 May 1889 to be voluntarily committed to the Saint-Paul de Mausole psychiatric institution, which was housed in a former monastery. He had suffered a series of severe breakdowns since December 1888 and believed he should be institutionalised for his own sake and that of others. He received treatment from his doctor, Théophile …
During his first two months in Arles, Vincent stayed in a room at the Carrel hotel-restaurant, owned by Albert Carrel and his wife, Cathérine Carrel-Garcin. The hotel was a two-storey building with a small roof terrace and a first-floor balcony. Shortly after arriving in Arles, Vincent wrote to his brother Theo: “At times it seems to me that my blood …
On 1 May 1889, Vincent rented part of a yellow stucco faced building on the Place Lamartine in Arles at a rate of 15 francs per month. Initially using it as a studio, he began living there too on 1 September. Vincent nicknamed the building the Yellow House and planned to abundantly decorate its interior with his own paintings. Vincent …
On his arrival in Cuesmes, Vincent found accommodation with Edouard Joseph Francq at Rue du Pavillon 5. He later rented a room from the neighbouring Decrucq family; it is not known exactlywhen he moved in. But, by then, he had decided – albeit irresolutely and on his brother Theo’s advice – to focus on his art. Thus, at the Decrucqs …
After the Belgian evangelism committee refused to extend his contract as a lay preacher, Vincent moved to the village of Cuesmes, where he found lodging with the preacher Edouard Joseph Francq (1819–1902). It must have been a difficult time for Vincent. He had failed at his work once again, embarrassing and confusing his family and himself. Relations must have become …
Vincent arrived in Antwerp in late November of 1885. He rented a room from the married Dutch couple Willem Henricus Brandel and Anna Wilhelmina Huberta. Before his departure, Vincent did not expect to be able to afford a studio in Antwerp. But he managed to rent a small space adjacent to his room at the Brandels’ that he was able …
In October 1881, Vincent became an associate member of Pulchri Studio with the help of the artist Anton Mauve (1838–1888). Pulchri Studio, an artists’ society in The Hague. The society was founded in 1847 to give its members opportunities to draw from life and to organise and attend art review sessions and exhibitions. Vincent cherished his membership, as it enabled …
After arriving in The Hague in late 1881 after an argument with his father, Vincent found a studio at Schenkweg 138 within a week. The building was soon too small for him, however, because he had become involved with the pregnant prostitute Clasina Maria “Sien” Hoornik (1850–1904) and the couple decided to live together. The apartment was also run-down. Vincent …
Vincent lived at Schenkweg 138 from 1 January 1882 to 4 July 1882. He also had a studio there. It was only a few streets away from the studio of artist Anton Mauve (1838–1888), a key figure in Vincent’s life at the time. On 3 January 1882, just a week after arriving in The Hague after a fierce row with …
Vincent’s studio at his parents’ house was small and badly situated and relations with his family were not optimal. He therefore longed for a new studio. In May 1884, he rented one from the Catholic sexton Johannes Schafrat and his wife, Adriana Schafrat-Van Eerd, for 75 guilders per year: “Two rooms — one large and one small — en suite. …
When Vincent came to Nuenen on 5 December 1883, he moved in with his parents at the parsonage of the Dutch Reformed Church. He was met with a chilly reception and the tension between Vincent and his parson father was high. Still, in mid-December, his parents gave him their mangle room to use as a studio. The room was damp …
The Parsonage Etten, The Netherlands Download walk Old map The Van Gogh family lived at the parsonage next to the Dutch Reformed church where Vincent’s father was parson. During his long stays in Etten in 1878 and 1881, Vincent used the annex at the back of the house as a study, and later as a studio. The room, with an …
After arriving in the nearby villages of Nieuw-Amsterdam and Veenoord, Vincent stayed at a boarding house run by Hendrik Scholte (1841–1915). He continued to use the postal address of the guest house in Hoogeveen, where he had been permitted to leave most of his possessions. There were probably three rooms at the front of the boarding house. The middle one, …
Vincent arrived in Hoogeveen on 11 September 1883 and found a room for one guilder a day near the railway station. He lived with the innkeeper Albertus Hartsuiker (1827–1902), his wife, Catharina Beukema (1835–1908), and their three children. The guest house included a large room where the lodgers could sit, a stable, an attic and a garden. Vincent was allowed …