The Church at Auvers

The Church at Auvers, was painted by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in 1890. After Van Gogh left the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence on May 16 1890, he also left the south of France and travelled north. He visited his brother Theo in Paris, and then moved to Auvers-sur-Oise to be treated by Dr Paul Gachet. It was here that Van Gogh spent what turned out to be the last ten weeks of his life, and in this short time produced over ... more

The Church at Auvers, was painted by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in 1890. After Van Gogh left the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence on May 16 1890, he also left the south of France and travelled north. He visited his brother Theo in Paris, and then moved to Auvers-sur-Oise to be treated by Dr Paul Gachet. It was here that Van Gogh spent what turned out to be the last ten weeks of his life, and in this short time produced over 100 works, including The Church at Auvers. The Church at Auvers — along with other canvases such as The Town Hall at Auvers and several paintings of small houses with thatched roofs — are reminiscent of scenes from the northern landscapes of his childhood and youth. A certain nostalgia for the north had already been apparent in his last weeks at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence: in a letter written a couple weeks before his departure, he wrote "While I was ill I nevertheless did some little canvases from memory which you will see later, memories of the... less