Auvers-sur-Oise 2023 – A Blog
The First Article Reporting on Vincent’s Death
On the evening of Sunday, July 27, 1890, in a wheat field above Auvers-sur-Oise, Vincent van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He aims for the heart, but the bullet misses its target. Deflected by a rib, it completed its fatal trajectory in his...
1890 In Perspective
Naturally, Van Gogh's stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, from May to July 1890, is always centered on Van Gogh. When we take an interest in his actions, well documented by his letters and the comments of those who knew him, we plunge into a multitude of details that are...
The Secret Of Wheat Field With Crows
Wheat Field with Crows is one of the most mythical paintings in the history of art, and one of Van Gogh's last masterpieces, painted a few weeks before his suicide. It is housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Following the success of the film Lust For Life, by...