Paul near Saint-Rémy in the Provence region of southern France. On, van Gogh voluntarily entered the asylum of St. In Saint-Paul Hospital The Monastery of Saint-Paul de Mausole View of the Asylum and Chapel at Saint Remyįormerly collection of Elizabeth Taylor (F803) Around this time, he wrote, "Sometimes moods of indescribable anguish, sometimes moments when the veil of time and fatality of circumstances seemed to be torn apart for an instant." Finally, in May 1889, he left Arles and traveled to the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Félix Rey, after floods damaged paintings in his own home. In April 1889, he moved into rooms owned by Dr. Paul Signac visited him in hospital and Van Gogh was allowed home in his company. In March 1889, the police closed his house after a petition by 30 townspeople, who called him "fou roux" ( the redheaded madman). In January 1889, he returned to the Yellow House, where he was living, but spent the following month between hospital and home suffering from hallucinations and delusions that he was being poisoned. Although some, such as Johanna van Gogh, Paul Signac and posthumous speculation by doctors Doiteau & Leroy, have said that van Gogh just removed part of his ear lobe and maybe a little more, art historian Rita Wildegans maintains that without exception, all of the witnesses from Arles said that he removed the entire left ear. Events leading up to stay at the Saint-Paul hospital įollowing the incident with Paul Gauguin in Arles in December 1888, in which van Gogh cut off virtually all of his left ear, he was hospitalized in Arles twice over a few months. Mont Gaussier, which overlooks the site, and the Alpilles range can be seen in some of Van Gogh's paintings. ![]() A well-preserved set of Roman ruins known as les Antiques, the most beautiful of which is le Mausolee, adjoins the property, and forms part of the ancient Graeco-Roman city of Glanum. Mentioned on several occasions by Nostradamus, who was born nearby and knew it a Franciscan convent, it was originally an Augustinian priory dating from the 12th century, and has a particularly beautiful cloister. Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, twelve miles northeast of Arles, lies just outside Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Van Gogh's room in Saint Paul de Mausole Sadly, just as Van Gogh's work was gaining interest in the artistic community, he was not well enough to fully enjoy it. Van Gogh's Starry Night over the Rhone and The Irises were exhibited at the Société des Artistes Indépendants on 3 September 1889, and in January 1890 six of his works were exhibited at the seventh exhibition of Les XX in Brussels. When he could leave the grounds of the asylum, he made other works, such as Olive Trees (Van Gogh series) and landscapes of the local area. Within the grounds he also made paintings that were interpretations of some of his favorite paintings by artists that he admired. He was able to make but a few portraits while at Saint-Paul. From the window of his cell he saw an enclosed wheat field, the subject of many paintings made from his room. Works of the interior of the hospital convey the isolation and sadness that he felt. One of the more recognizable works of this period is The Irises. Nature seemed especially meaningful to him, trees, the landscape, even caterpillars as representative of the opportunity for transformation and budding flowers symbolizing the cycle of life. When he was able to resume, painting provided solace and meaning for him. ![]() During much of his stay there he was confined to the grounds of the asylum, and he made paintings of the garden, the enclosed wheat field that he could see outside his room and a few portraits of individuals at the asylum.ĭuring his stay at Saint-Paul asylum, Van Gogh experienced periods of illness when he could not paint. Saint-Paul Asylum, Saint-Rémy is a collection of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made when he was a self-admitted patient at the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, since renamed the Clinique Van Gogh, from May 1889 until May 1890.
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