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February 1888 - May 1889
(186 paintings)


Many consider Van Gogh's Arles period to be the most creative of his career. Indeed, many of Van Gogh's best known works were produced during his time in this provençal town. In a way, the paintings executed in Arles reflect a synthesis of the two previous artistic periods of Van Gogh's development. In Nuenen, Van Gogh would emerge as a skilled painter with a passion for painting outdoors. In Paris, Van Gogh would refine his evolving talents to incorporate a new world of colour and style introduced by the Impressionists. In Arles, these two would merge and some of Van Gogh's best-loved works (Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers or Harvest at La Crau, for example) would result.

Note: The paintings are sorted by month and then alphabetically within each month. More accurate dating is generally too difficult. As a rule, however, the JH (Jan Hulsker) numbers do follow a more precise chronological sequence.

Painting Name

Date of Origin

Current Location

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JH

Landscape with Snow February, 1888 New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Justin K. Thannhauser Collection 290 1360
Old Woman of Arles, An February, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 390 1357
Pork-Butcher's Shop Seen from a Window, A February, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 389 1359
Snowy Landscape with Arles in the Background February, 1888 London, private collection 391 1358
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass Early March, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 392 1361
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book Early March, 1888 Japan, private collection 393 1362
Avenue of Plane Trees near Arles Station March, 1888 Paris, Musée Rodin 398 1366
Gleize Bridge over the Vigueirat Canal, The March, 1888 Hakone, Pola Museum of Art 396 1367
Langlois Bridge at Arles with Road Alongside the Canal, The March, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 400 1371
Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing, The March, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 397 1368
Orchard with Blossoming Apricot Trees March, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 555 1380
Pair of Leather Clogs, A March, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 607 1364
Pink Peach Tree in Blossom (Reminiscence of Mauve) March, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 394 1379
Still Life with Basket and Six Oranges March, 1888 Private collection 395 1363
Still Life: Potatoes in a Yellow Dish March, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 386 1365
Two Lovers (Fragment) March, 1888 Private collection 544 1369
Orchard in Blossom March-April, 1888 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 552 1381
Almond Tree in Blossom April, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 557 1397
Apricot Trees in Blossom April, 1888 Private collection 399 1398
Apricot Trees in Blossom April, 1888 Private collection 556 1383
Blossoming Pear Tree April, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 405 1394
Langlois Bridge at Arles, The April, 1888 Paris, Private collection 571 1392
Orchard in Blossom April, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 511 1386
Orchard in Blossom April, 1888 Switzerland, private collection 406 1399
Orchard in Blossom (Plum Trees) April, 1888 Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland 553 1387
Orchard in Blossom, Bordered by Cypresses April, 1888 New Haven (Conn.), Yale University Art Gallery 554 1388
Orchard in Blossom, Bordered by Cypresses April, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 513 1389
Orchard with Peach Trees in Blossom April, 1888 Private collection 551 1396
Path Through a Field with Willows April, 1888 Switzerland, private collection 407 1402
White Orchard, The April, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 403 1378
Peach Tree in Blossom April-May, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 404 1391
Farmhouse in a Wheat Field May, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 408 1417
Farmhouses in a Wheat Field Near Arles May, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 576 1423
Landscape Under a Stormy Sky May, 1888 Private collection 575 1422
Lane near Arles, A May, 1888 Greifswald, Pommersches Landesmuseum 567 1419
Langlois Bridge at Arles, The May, 1888 Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum 570 1421
Still Life: Blue Enamel Coffeepot, Earthenware and Fruit May, 1888 Athens, Basil and Elise Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art 410 1426
Still Life: Bottle, Lemons and Oranges May, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 384 1425
Still Life: Bowl with Daisies May, 1888 Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 591 1429
Still Life: Majolica Jug with Wildflowers May, 1888 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation 600 1424
View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground May, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 409 1416
Seascape at Saintes-Maries Early June, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 415 1452
Street in Saintes-Maries Early June, 1888 Private collection 420 1462
Three White Cottages in Saintes-Maries Early June, 1888 Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich 419 1465
Arles: View from the Wheat Fields June, 1888 Paris, Musée Rodin 545 1477
Bridge at Trinquetaille, The June, 1888 Private collection 426 1468
Canal with Women Washing June, 1888 Washington, D.C., Collection Joseph Albritton 427 1490
Farmhouse in Provence June, 1888 Washington, National Gallery of Art, Alisa Mellon Bruce Collection 565 1443
Girl with Ruffled Hair ("The Mudlark") June, 1888 La-Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Musée des Beaux-Arts 535 1467
Green Ears of Wheat June, 1888 Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Gift of the Hanadiv Foundation 562 1483
Harvest at La Crau, with Montmajour in the Background June, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 412 1440
Harvest in Provence June, 1888 Jerusalem, The Israel Museum 558 1481
Haystacks in Provence June, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 425 1442
Seascape at Saintes-Maries June, 1888 Moscow, Pushkin Museum 417 1453
Seated Zouave, The June, 1888 Argentina, private collection 424 1488
Sower, The June, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 422 1470
Sunset: Wheat Fields Near Arles June, 1888 Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur 465 1473
View of Saintes-Maries June, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 416 1447
Wheat Field June, 1888 Amsterdam, P. and N. de Boer Foundation 564 1475
Wheat Field with Sheaves June, 1888 Honolulu, Honolulu Museum of Art 561 1480
Wheat Field with the Alpilles Foothills in the Background June, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 411 1476
Wheat Fields with Stacks June, 1888 Private collection n/a 1478
Zouave (Half Length), The June, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 423 1486
Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries Late June, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 413 1460
Sunset at Montmajour Summer, 1888 Private collection None None
Rocks with Oak Tree Early July, 1888 Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts 466 1489
Flowering Garden with Path July, 1888 The Hague, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (on loan) 429 1513
Flowering Garden July, 1888 New York, private collection 430 1510
La Mousmé, Sitting July, 1888 Washington, National Gallery of Art 431 1519
Painter on His Way to Work, The July, 1888 Destroyed by fire in the Second World War; formerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Magdeburg (Germany) 448 1491
Sunny Lawn in a Public Park July, 1888 Zurich, Collection Merzbacher (on permanent loan to the Kunsthaus Zurich) 428 1499
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin Early August, 1888 Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 432 1522
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin Early August, 1888 Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (partial and promised gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Ford II) 433 1524
Coal Barges August, 1888 Annapolis (Md.), Collection Carleton Mitchell 437 1570
Coal Barges August, 1888 Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza 438 1571
Encampment of Gypsies with Caravans August, 1888 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 445 1554
Garden Behind a House August, 1888 Private collection 578 1538
Interior of a Restaurant in Arles August, 1888 Private collection 549a 1573
Interior of the Restaurant Venissac in Arles August, 1888 Private collection 549 1572
Pair of Shoes, A August, 1888 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 461 1569
Portrait of Patience Escalier August, 1888 Collection Niarchos 444 1563
Portrait of Patience Escalier, Shepherd in Provence August, 1888 Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art 443 1548
Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges August, 1888 Essen, Museum Folkwang 449 1558
Railway Carriages August, 1888 Avignon (France), Fondation Angladon-Dubrujeaud 446 1553
Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat August, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 524 1565
Still Life: Vase with Five Sunflowers August, 1888 Destroyed by fire in the Second World War 459 1560
Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers August, 1888 London, National Gallery 454 1562
Still Life: Vase with Oleanders August, 1888 Location unknown; possibly stolen in 1944 594 1567
Still Life: Vase with Oleanders and Books August, 1888 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 593 1566
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers August, 1888 Munich, Neue Pinakothek 456 1561
Still Life: Vase with Zinnias August, 1888 Private collection 592 1568
Thistles August, 1888 Collection Niarchos 447 1550
Three Sunflowers in a Vase August, 1888 United States, private collection 453 1559
Two Thistles August, 1888 Private collection 447a 1551
Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, The September, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 467 1580
Entrance to the Public Park in Arles September, 1888 Washington, The Phillips Collection 566 1585
Green Vineyard, The September, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 475 1595
Lane in the Public Garden at Arles, A September, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 470 1582
Night Cafe in the Place Lamartine in Arles, The September, 1888 New Haven (Conn.), Yale University Art Gallery 463 1575
Old Mill, The September, 1888 Buffalo (N.Y.), Albright-Knox Art Gallery 550 1577
Ploughed Field September, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 574 1586
Portrait of Eugene Boch September, 1888 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 462 1574
Poet's Garden, The September, 1888 Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago 468 1578
Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin) September, 1888 Cambridge (Mass.), Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 476 1581
Sower: Outskirts of Arles in the Background, The September, 1888 Los Angeles, The Armand Hammer Museum of Art 575a 1596
Starry Night Over the Rhone September, 1888 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 474 1592
Vincent's House in Arles (The Yellow House) September, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 464 1589
Portrait of Milliet, Second Lieutenant of the Zouaves Late September, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 473 1588
Willows at Sunset Autumn, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 572 1597
Brothel, The October, 1888 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation 478 1599
Lovers: The Poet's Garden IV, The October, 1888 Location unknown (declared to be "degenerate" by the Nazis and confiscated in 1937) 485 1615
Park at Arles with the Entrance Seen through the Trees, The October, 1888 Destroyed by fire in the Second World War 471 1613
Portrait of the Artist's Mother October, 1888 Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art 477 1600
Public Garden with Couple and Blue Fir Tree: The Poet's Garden III October, 1888 Private collection 479 1601
Public Park at Arles, The October, 1888 Private collection 472 1598
Railway Bridge over Avenue Montmajour, Arles, The October, 1888 Private collection 480 1603
Sower, The October, 1888 Winterthur, Villa Flora 494 1617
Still Life: French Novels October, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 358 1612
Tarascon Diligence October, 1888 Princeton, The Art Museum 478a 1605
Trinquetaille Bridge, The October, 1888 Private collection 481 1604
Vincent's Bedroom in Arles October, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 482 1608
Les Alyscamps Late October, 1888 Athens, Basil and Elise Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art 568 1622
Trunk of an Old Yew Tree Late October, 1888 London, Helly Nahmad Gallery 573 1618
L'Arlesienne: Madame Ginoux with Gloves and Umbrella Early November, 1888 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 489 1625
L'Arlesienne: Madame Ginoux with Books November, 1888 (or May, 1889?) New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 488 1624
Les Alyscamps November, 1888 Collection Niarchos 487 1621
Les Alyscamps November, 1888 Private collection 569 1623
Les Alyscamps: Falling Autumn Leaves November, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 486 1620
Memory of the Garden at Etten November, 1888 St. Petersburg, Hermitage 496 1630
Red Vineyard, The November, 1888 Moscow, Pushkin Museum 495 1626
Sower, The November, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 451 1629
Sower, The November, 1888 Zurich, Foundation E.G. Bührle 450 1627
Mother Roulin with Her Baby November-December, 1888 Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art 490 1637
Mother Roulin with Her Baby November-December, 1888 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 491 1638
Portrait of Armand Roulin November-December, 1888 Essen, Museum Folkwang 492 1642
Portrait of Armand Roulin November-December, 1888 Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen 493 1643
Portrait of Camille Roulin November-December, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 538 1645
Portrait of Camille Roulin November-December, 1888 Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, from the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg 537 1644
Portrait of Madame Augustine Roulin November-December, 1888 Winterthur, Oskar Reinhart Collection 'Am Römerholz' 503 1646
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin November-December, 1888 Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur 434 1647
Self-Portrait November-December, 1888 Private collection 501 1634
Paul Gauguin (Man in a Red Beret) c. 1 December 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 546 None
Schoolboy (Camille Roulin), The Early December, 1888 Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo 665 1879
Baby Marcelle Roulin, The December, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 441 1641
Baby Marcelle Roulin, The December, 1888 Private collection 441a 1640
Baby Marcelle Roulin, The December, 1888 Washington, National Gallery of Art 440 1639
Dance Hall in Arles, The December, 1888 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 547 1652
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) December, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 504 1655
Novel Reader, The c. 16 November 1888 Private collection 497 1632
Paul Gauguin's Armchair December, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 499 1636
Portrait of a Man December, 1888 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 533 1649
Portrait of a One-Eyed Man December, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 532 1650
Smoker, The December, 1888 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation 534 1651
Spectators in the Arena at Arles December, 1888 St. Petersburg, Hermitage 548 1653
Vincent's Chair with His Pipe December, 1888 London, National Gallery 498 1635
Young Man with a Cap December, 1888 Private collection 536 1648
Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La Berceuse) January, 1889 Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago 506 1670
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) January, 1889 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 505 1669
Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey January, 1889 Moscow, Pushkin Museum 500 1659
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear January, 1889 London, Courtauld Institute Galleries 527 1657
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe January, 1889 Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich (on semi-permanent loan) 529 1658
Still Life with Oranges, Lemons and Blue Gloves January, 1889 Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art 502 1664
Still Life: Bloaters on a Piece of Yellow Paper January, 1889 Private collection 510 1661
Still Life: Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing-Wax January, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 604 1656
Still Life: Two Red Herrings January, 1889 France, Collection Francis Junker 283a 1660
Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers January, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 458 1667
Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers January, 1889 Tokyo, Sompo Japan Museum of Art 457 1666
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers January, 1889 Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art 455 1668
Two Crabs January, 1889 London: National Gallery (on loan) 606 1662
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) February, 1889 Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 508 1671
La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin) March, 1889 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum 507 1672
Two White Butterflies Spring, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 402 1677
Clumps of Grass April, 1889 Hakone, Pola Museum of Art 582 1678
Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles, The April, 1889 Winterthur, Oskar Reinhart Collection 'Am Römerholz' 519 1687
Field of Yellow Flowers, A April, 1889 Winterthur, Kunstmuseum Winterthur 584 1680
Grass and Butterflies April, 1889 France, private collection 460 1676
La Crau with Peach Trees in Blossom April, 1889 London, Courtauld Institute Galleries 514 1681
Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles April, 1889 Munich, Neue Pinakothek 516 1685
Pollard Willows April, 1889 Collection Niarchos 520 1690
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin April, 1889 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation 435 1674
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin April, 1889 New York, The Museum of Modern Art 436 1675
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin April, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 439 1673
Red Chestnuts in the Public Park at Arles April, 1889 Private collection 517 1689
Rosebush in Blossom April, 1889 Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art 580 1679
View of Arles with Trees in Blossom April, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 515 1683
Ward in the Hospital in Arles April, 1889 Winterthur, Oskar Reinhart Collection 'Am Römerholz' 646 1686


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