From 12 May, the Van Gogh Museum presents a major exhibition on Vincent van Gogh’s final months. The artist was immensely productive during the period that he spent in the northern French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, and where he created several of his best-known paintings, including Wheatfield with Crows (1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) and Doctor Paul Gachet (1890, Musée d’Orsay, Paris). This is the first exhibition to offer an overview of what was a brief yet crucial final phase in Van Gogh’s artistic development.
Van Gogh in Auvers. His Final Months brings together loans from museums and private collections all over the world, including masterpieces like The Church at Auvers (1890, Musée d’Orsay, Paris), Adeline Ravoux (1890, private collection) and Blossoming Chestnut Branches (1890, Emil Bührle Collection, Zurich). Visitors will have a unique opportunity to view many works by Vincent van Gogh that have never previously been shown together.
Van Gogh in Auvers was organized in collaboration with the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, which has loaned eight paintings as an exception for this special project.
Vincent van Gogh, Wheatfield with Crows, 1890
Emilie Gordenker (Director, Van Gogh Museum):
‘We are delighted to be able to present this wonderful exhibition to the world during the year in which the Van Gogh Museum celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. Many of the works have never been shown in the Netherlands before and will be here for the very first time. On this occasion it is fair to say that Van Gogh in Auvers is a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition.’