Today we visited Auvers-sur-Oise, the town where Vincent Van Gough spent his last 70 days while painting 75 paintings. During his life, he only sold 1 of his paintings, receiving only enough to reimburse his brother for his living expenses for 3 days. What a tragedy considering that now his paintings sell for over $100 milion each. At various places in town there are copies of his paintings next to the scene that inspired it, and our guide explained the relationship between the scene and the painting. He and his brother are buried next to each other in a cemetery across from a wheat field that inspired many of his paintings.
His paintings weren't selling, so his brother was his sole means of support. His brother had recently married and had just had a baby. Van Gogh got depressed because he thought he was a financial burden on his brother, so he committed suicide by shooting himself.
The graves of the Van Gogh brothers
The field that inspired several of Van Gogh's last paintings. It is across from the cemetery where he is buried.
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