New Van Gogh Exhibition At Musée d’Orsay Retraces The Artist’s Final Days

Like so many other great minds, Vincent van Gogh met a tragic end when he shot himself on July 27, 1980, dying two days later. But just before that, the artist reveled in one of his most productive creative periods yet—and these final paintings are set to go on show in Amsterdam and Paris.

This will be the first exhibition centered on Van Gogh’s time in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village northwest of Paris, France. Perhaps, the works the painter accomplished in this sunny, tucked-away locale are just as important as his more famed ones hanging all over the world.

The show, a collaboration between the Van Gogh Museum and Musée d’Orsay, will feature 48 of the whopping 74 paintings the artist completed during that time, along with 25 of 57 drawings and rough sketches.

Key pieces include the Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet, Church at Auvers, Farmhouses in Auvers, and Wheatfield with Crows. In addition, rarely-seen loans from private collections will make an appearance in the form of Glass With Carnations and The Fields.

According to The Art Newspaper, the seminal show will see the Musée d’Orsay lend to Amsterdam artworks donated by the son of the aforementioned Paul Gachet from 1949 to 1954. This would be a rather rare sighting since these works are “virtually never lent.”

Van Gogh in Auvers, His Final Months will go on view from May 12 to September 3, 2023. Head here for more details.

[via The Art Newspaper and ArtDependence, images via various sources]