Van Gogh’s Spectacular Output

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is about to open the first comprehensive exhibition devoted to the last stage of the artist’s career, his short stay in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, 30 kilometres north-west of Paris. It was there that he shot himself on 27 July 1890, dying two days later.

There is always great interest in the last phase of a major artist’s life. Yet although Van Gogh’s two years in Provence have been much studied, until recently his Auvers period has been comparatively neglected.