Beginning in the month of June 2018, my wife (Trish) and I had planned to travel south from Paris to follow the painting journey of Vincent Van Gogh.
However, before leaving Paris we decided to catch a train to Auvers-sur-Oise, (Vincent’s final resting place), as it was only a short trip north/east.
Upon our arrival we immediately visited Auberge Ravoux the guest house where Vincent lived.
Enjoying a wine with Vincent at Auberge Ravoux
Vincents room at the boarding house.
We left the guest house and made our way to where it was believed Vincent painted his last work Wheat Field with Crows. No further than 200m up the road, I stopped as something took my attention…I stood for a moment, for some reason to take a photo of where I was standing.
I then proceeded up the hill to where it was believed he completed his last work.
It wasn’t until I read a newspaper article https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/van-gogh-s-last-painting that I realised I had taken the photo in the exact spot of Vincent Van Gogh’s last painting.
It is indeed the very place where Vincent van Gogh's brushes touched his canvas for the last time. All the best, Wouter
I contacted Wouter van der Veen, the scientific director of the Institute van Gogh. His reply……
Hello Patrick,
What a wonderful coincidence. It is indeed the very place where Vincent van Gogh's brushes touched his canvas for the last time. All the best, Wouter