빈센트 반 고흐(Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890) 탄생 170주년을 맞아 파리 오르세미술관에서 오베르쉬르와즈에서의 마지막 몇개월에 제작된 작품을 집중 조명하는 특별전 “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months”가 10월 3일부터 내년 2월 4일까지 열린다. 이 전시엔 오베르쉬르와즈에 도착한 1890년 5월 20일부터 사망한 7월 29일 사이에 그린 회화 74점 중 48점과 드로잉 33점 중 25점이 모였다. 

Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise

The Final Months

From October 03rd, 2023 to February 04th, 2024

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Champ de blé sous un ciel orageux, Auvers-sur-Oise, juillet 1890, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation). © Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Set to be presented at the Musée d’Orsay in fall 2023, this exhibition is the first to be devoted to the works produced by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) during the last two months of his life, in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris. The exhibition is the result of years of research on this crucial phase in the artist’s life, and will finally enable the public to appreciate its true importance.

Vincent Van Gogh arrived in Auvers-sur-Oise on May 20th 1890 and died there on July 29th following a suicide attempt. Although the painter only spent a little over two months in Auvers, the period was one of artistic renewal with its own style and development, marked by the psychic tension resulting from his new situation as well as by some of his greatest masterpieces.  

Sorely tried by the various crises suffered in Arles and then at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh decided to settle near Paris and his brother Théo in an attempt to find fresh creative energy. The choice of Auvers had much to do with the presence there of Dr Gachet, a physician specializing in the treatment of melancholia who was also a friend of the impressionists, a collector and an amateur painter. Van Gogh moved to the Ragout Inn in the village centre and explored every aspect of the new world in front of him, while struggling with the many anxieties connected with his health, his relationship with his brother, and his place in the art world.  

Vincent van Gogh, Bank of the Oise at Auvers, 1890. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

No exhibition has previously been exclusively devoted to this final yet crucial stage in his career. In just two months, the artist produced 74 paintings and 33 drawings, including some iconic works: Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet, The Church at Auvers, and Wheatfield with Crows. Comprising some forty paintings and around twenty drawings, the exhibition will highlight this period thematically: first landscapes featuring the village, portraits, still lifes, and landscapes depicting the surrounding countryside. It will also present a series of paintings in elongated double-square format, unique in Van Gogh’s body of work.  

The exhibition is organized by the Public Establishment of the Orsay and Orangerie Museums in Paris, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which will present it from May 12th to September 3rd 2023 to mark its 50th birthday.

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/whats-on/exhibitions/van-gogh-auvers-sur-oise