Studying van Gogh’s painting, The Bedroom, at the van Gogh Museum

L’Auberge Ravoux, in Auvers-sur-Oise, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, is where Vincent Van Gogh spent his final months.

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portriat, Arles: November-December, 1888

Actors who played Vincent van Gogh:

Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life (1956), Tim Roth in  Vincent & Theo (1990), Jacques Dutronc in Van Gogh (1991) and Alexander Barnett  in The Eyes of Van Gogh (2005)

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Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait, Paris: Spring, 1887, oil on paper. Kröller-Müller Museum

Vincent van Gogh age 19

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Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel, Paris: early 1888, o/c.  Van Gogh Museum

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Vincent van Gogh,  Self-Portrait, Saint-Rémy: September, 1889, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

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Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait, Saint-Rémy: September, 1889, o/c.

“I have often neglected my appearance. I admit it, and I also admit that it is “shocking.”  ~  July 1880, letter to Theo.

“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.”

   ~   Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait, Paris, summer 1887.

Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait, summer 1887, Paris.

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Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, Arles: January, 1889.  Collection Niarchos