1889

This is a timeline of Van Gogh's life, from the 30th of march 1853, when he was born, to the 29th of juli 1890, when he commits suicide.
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Vincent is took in in the hospital in St. Remy near Arles. He's got changing periods of mental health and fits of madness.

He went to nearby Saint-Remy, where he entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum of his own volition. He did 150 paintings besides drawings in the course of this year. Theo married and in May Van Gogh moved to Auvers-sur-Oise to be near him, as a guest of Dr Paul Gachet. During this time there were wild fluctuations in his mental state, moving from depression to frantic bursts of strenuous energy. His work finally began to receive some recognition. His Starry Night over the Rhone and Irises are exhibited at the Salon des Independants in September and in November he is invited to exhibit six of his works by Octave Maus, secretary of the Belgian artist group, Les XX.


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