The Potato Eaters 1885 · Nuenen Vincent's "manifesto" — "eating potatoes with the hands that dug the earth The Potato Eaters 1885 · Nuenen Vincent's "manifesto" — "eating potatoes with the hands that dug the earth The Potato Eaters 1885 · Nuenen Vincent's "manifesto" — "eating potatoes with the hands that dug the earth The Self-Portraits 1886 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1887 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1887 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1887 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1887 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1888 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1888 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1888 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1888 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1889 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1889 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Self-Portraits 1889 · 1886-1889 30+ self-portraits, from the grey of Paris to the gold of Arles to the blue-green of Saint-Rémy The Sunflower Decoration 1888 · Arles Vincent wrote explicitly to Theo: twelve sunflowers for Gauguin's room The Sunflower Decoration 1888 · Arles Vincent wrote explicitly to Theo: twelve sunflowers for Gauguin's room The Sunflower Decoration 1889 · Arles Vincent wrote explicitly to Theo: twelve sunflowers for Gauguin's room Starry Night over the Rhône 1888 · Arles "I absolutely must paint a starry sky Starry Night over the Rhône 1888 · Arles "I absolutely must paint a starry sky Starry Night over the Rhône 1888 · Arles "I absolutely must paint a starry sky The Bedroom 1888 · Arles "Expressing absolute rest through pure colour" — the colour engineer at full extension The Bedroom 1889 · Arles "Expressing absolute rest through pure colour" — the colour engineer at full extension The Bedroom 1889 · Arles "Expressing absolute rest through pure colour" — the colour engineer at full extension Irises 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Painted in the first week of hospitalisation — using painting to save himself Irises 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Painted in the first week of hospitalisation — using painting to save himself Irises 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Painted in the first week of hospitalisation — using painting to save himself Cypresses 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Like an Egyptian obelisk" — synaesthetic precision at its most extreme Cypresses 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Like an Egyptian obelisk" — synaesthetic precision at its most extreme Cypresses 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Like an Egyptian obelisk" — synaesthetic precision at its most extreme The Wheat Fields 1888 · 1888-1890 From the golden harvest of Arles to the wheat fields inside Saint-Rémy's walls to the final painting at Auvers The Wheat Fields 1889 · 1888-1890 From the golden harvest of Arles to the wheat fields inside Saint-Rémy's walls to the final painting at Auvers The Wheat Fields 1890 · 1888-1890 From the golden harvest of Arles to the wheat fields inside Saint-Rémy's walls to the final painting at Auvers Almond Blossom 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Painted for the birth of nephew Vincent Willem The Church at Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise "The church's violet against a deep blue sky" — Vincent himself linked it to the Nuenen old tower, an echo across five years Doctor Gachet 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise "A melancholy expression is the face of our age" — synaesthetic precision in portrait practice Doctor Gachet 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise "A melancholy expression is the face of our age" — synaesthetic precision in portrait practice Rain over Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise A final landscape under a downpour — the sky pressing down Tree Roots 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise Possibly the last painting — an unfinished struggle Tree Roots 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise Possibly the last painting — an unfinished struggle Miners in the Snow at Dawn 1880 · Cuesmes An early drawing where Borinage labour becomes composition: small black figures move through a white field before Vincent becomes a painter Worn Out 1882 · The Hague An old man folds into his own hands The Hague and Sien 1882 · The Hague Living with Sien against family opposition The Weavers 1884 · Nuenen The worker worlds of Dickens/Eliot/Zola enter the picture The Weavers 1884 · Nuenen The worker worlds of Dickens/Eliot/Zola enter the picture The Weavers 1884 · Nuenen The worker worlds of Dickens/Eliot/Zola enter the picture Still Life with Bible 1885 · Nuenen After his father's death, a large Bible and Zola's novel share one dark table Antwerp Academy 1886 · Antwerp First encounter with Japanese prints and conflict with the academy The Paris Flower Studies 1886 · Paris From spring 1886 to autumn 1887, Vincent painted 30+ floral still lifes in Paris The Paris Flower Studies 1886 · Paris From spring 1886 to autumn 1887, Vincent painted 30+ floral still lifes in Paris The Paris Flower Studies 1887 · Paris From spring 1886 to autumn 1887, Vincent painted 30+ floral still lifes in Paris The Paris Flower Studies 1887 · Paris From spring 1886 to autumn 1887, Vincent painted 30+ floral still lifes in Paris The Paris Flower Studies 1886 · Paris From spring 1886 to autumn 1887, Vincent painted 30+ floral still lifes in Paris The Paris Flower Studies 1886 · Paris From spring 1886 to autumn 1887, Vincent painted 30+ floral still lifes in Paris Pere Tanguy 1887 · Paris A Paris portrait in which Japanese prints become the visual grammar behind a modern figure Still Life with Quinces and Lemons 1887 · Paris A Paris colour experiment: yellow fruit, violet counter-tone, and still life as a controlled test of complementaries View from Theo's Apartment 1887 · Paris The Paris roofscape seen from Theo's apartment turns domestic cohabitation into a laboratory for air, light and urban colour Asnières landscape series 1887 · Asnieres The Paris flower experiments move outdoors: Asnières turns colour theory into riverbank, bridge, factory and open air Japanese Print Translations 1887 · 1887-1888 The chain of visual evidence for the translator talent Japanese Print Translations 1887 · 1887-1888 The chain of visual evidence for the translator talent Japanese Print Translations 1887 · 1887-1888 The chain of visual evidence for the translator talent Orchards in Bloom 1888 · Arles "I want to paint an orchard in the Japanese manner" — the first creative eruption after arriving in Arles Orchards in Bloom 1888 · Arles "I want to paint an orchard in the Japanese manner" — the first creative eruption after arriving in Arles Orchards in Bloom 1888 · Arles "I want to paint an orchard in the Japanese manner" — the first creative eruption after arriving in Arles Orchards in Bloom 1888 · Arles "I want to paint an orchard in the Japanese manner" — the first creative eruption after arriving in Arles The Sower Motif 1881 · 1881-1890 The complete arc from copying Millet in 1881 to independent creation in 1890 The Sower Motif 1888 · 1881-1890 The complete arc from copying Millet in 1881 to independent creation in 1890 The Sower Motif 1888 · 1881-1890 The complete arc from copying Millet in 1881 to independent creation in 1890 The Roulin Family 1888 · Arles The only "family" in Arles — Vincent painted the entire Roulin household The Roulin Family 1888 · Arles The only "family" in Arles — Vincent painted the entire Roulin household The Roulin Family 1889 · Arles The only "family" in Arles — Vincent painted the entire Roulin household The Roulin Family 1888 · Arles The only "family" in Arles — Vincent painted the entire Roulin household The Roulin Family 1888 · Arles The only "family" in Arles — Vincent painted the entire Roulin household The Roulin Family 1888 · Arles The only "family" in Arles — Vincent painted the entire Roulin household The Yellow House 1888 · Arles The utopian vision of a "Studio of the South" — Vincent dreamed of building an artist community here The Night Café 1888 · Arles "A place where one can ruin oneself" — an extreme case of synaesthetic precision and colour experiment combined The Night Café 1888 · Arles "A place where one can ruin oneself" — an extreme case of synaesthetic precision and colour experiment combined Gauguin Arrives 1888 · Arles 20 letters per month — the highest density on the entire timeline Gauguin Arrives 1888 · Arles 20 letters per month — the highest density on the entire timeline La Berceuse 1889 · Arles "The sailor's comfort painting" — to hang in a ship's cabin so a distant sailor would feel calm on seeing it La Berceuse 1889 · Arles "The sailor's comfort painting" — to hang in a ship's cabin so a distant sailor would feel calm on seeing it La Berceuse 1889 · Arles "The sailor's comfort painting" — to hang in a ship's cabin so a distant sailor would feel calm on seeing it La Berceuse 1889 · Arles "The sailor's comfort painting" — to hang in a ship's cabin so a distant sailor would feel calm on seeing it La Berceuse 1889 · Arles "The sailor's comfort painting" — to hang in a ship's cabin so a distant sailor would feel calm on seeing it Gauguin Leaves 1888 · Arles The chair was prophecy; the ear its fulfilment Gauguin Leaves 1888 · Arles The chair was prophecy; the ear its fulfilment Gauguin Leaves 1889 · Arles The chair was prophecy; the ear its fulfilment Gauguin Leaves 1889 · Arles The chair was prophecy; the ear its fulfilment The Olive Groves 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Gauguin and Bernard paint an imagined Christ in the olive grove; I paint real olive trees" — Vincent's rejection of Symbolism The Olive Groves 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Gauguin and Bernard paint an imagined Christ in the olive grove; I paint real olive trees" — Vincent's rejection of Symbolism The Olive Groves 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Gauguin and Bernard paint an imagined Christ in the olive grove; I paint real olive trees" — Vincent's rejection of Symbolism The Saint-Rémy Copies 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Saint-Rémy Copies 1890 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence "Copying is translating music — the monochrome print is the score, my colour is the performance The Hospital Garden 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence A world inside walls — freedom under constraint The Hospital Garden 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence A world inside walls — freedom under constraint The Hospital Garden 1889 · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence A world inside walls — freedom under constraint The Seventy Days of Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter The Seventy Days of Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter The Seventy Days of Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter The Seventy Days of Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter The Seventy Days of Auvers 1889 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter The Seventy Days of Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter The Seventy Days of Auvers 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise 80+ paintings in 70 days — an eruption of creative density, but letters grew fewer and shorter