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May 1889 - May 1890
(143 paintings)


Vincent van Gogh spent one year at the asylum in Saint-Rémy de Provence. This year was probably the most difficult of his entire life. It would also prove to be one of his most creative as an artist. After cutting off part of his left ear in Arles, Van Gogh voluntarily confined himself to the institution in Saint-Rémy. Throughout the course of his year there Van Gogh would battle his own personal demons, but would also produce many of the best works of his career. At times Van Gogh would be completely incapacitated by his illness, but during his more lucid times the staff at the asylum would allow him to work outdoors and pursue his art. Van Gogh's landscapes in particular (such as Wheat Field with Cypresses) would be the most exquisite he would ever produce.

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

Corner in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, A May, 1889 Location unknown 609 1693
Great Peacock Moth May, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 610 1702
Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The May, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 734 1698
Iris, The May, 1889 Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada 601 1699
Irises May, 1889 Los Angeles, Getty Center 608 1691
Lilacs May, 1889 St. Petersburg, Hermitage 579 1692
Field of Spring Wheat at Sunrise May-June, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 720 1728
At the Foot of the Mountains Early June, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 723 1722
Field with Poppies Early June, 1889 Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen 581 1751
Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Paul Hospital Early June, 1889 Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 611 1723
Cypresses June, 1889 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 613 1746
Cypresses with Two Female Figures June, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 620 1748
Green Wheat Field June, 1889 Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich (on loan) 718 1727
Le Mont Gaussier with the Mas de Saint-Paul June, 1889 London, private collection 725 1744
Olive Grove June, 1889 Kansas City (Mo.), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Art 715 1759
Olive Grove: Bright Blue Sky June, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 709 1760
Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background June, 1889 New York, Museum of Modern Art 712 1740
Starry Night June, 1889 New York, The Museum of Modern Art 612 1731
Green Wheat Field with Cypress Mid-June, 1889 Prague, Narodni Gallery 719 1725
Olive Grove Mid-June, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 585 1758
Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haute Galline Near Eygalieres Late June, 1889 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 717 1756
Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun Late June, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 617 1753
Evening Landscape with Rising Moon Early July, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 735 1761
Entrance to a Quarry Mid-July, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 744 1802
Mountains at Saint-Rémy with Dark Cottage July, 1889 New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Justin K. Thannhauser Collection 622 1766
Tree Trunks with Ivy July, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 746 1762
Undergrowth with Ivy July, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 745 1764
Tree Trunks with Ivy Summer, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 747 1763
Enclosed Field with Ploughman Late August, 1889 Private collection 625 1768
Self-Portrait Late August, 1889 Washington, National Gallery of Art 626 1770
Bedroom, The Early September, 1889 Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago 484 1771
Wheat Field with Cypresses Early September, 1889 London, National Gallery 615 1755
Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise Early September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 618 1773
Half Figure of an Angel (after Rembrandt) September, 1889 Private collection 624 1778
Olive Trees September, 1889 Private collection 711 1791
Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (after Millet) September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 700 1781
Peasant Woman Cutting Straw (after Millet) September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 697 1788
Peasant Woman with a Rake (after Millet) September, 1889 Private collection 698 1789
Pietà (after Delacroix), The September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 630 1775
Pietà (after Delacroix), The September, 1889 Rome, Musei Vaticani 757 1776
Portrait of a Young Peasant September, 1889 Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna 531 1779
Portrait of Madame Trabuc September, 1889 St. Petersburg, Hermitage 631 1777
Portrait of Trabuc, an Attendant at Saint-Paul Hospital September, 1889 Solothurn, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Dubi-Muller Foundation 629 1774
Reaper with Sickle (after Millet) September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 687 1782
Reaper (after Millet), The September, 1889 Private collection 688 1783
Self-Portrait September, 1889 Private collection 525 1665
Self-Portrait September, 1889 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 627 1772
Sheaf-Binder, The (after Millet) September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 693 1785
Sheep-Shearers, The (after Millet) September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 634 1787
Spinner, The September, 1889 Geneva, Collection Moshe Mayer 696 1786
Thresher (after Millet), The September, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 692 1784
Vincent's Bedroom in Arles September, 1889 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 483 1793
Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital with a Reaper September, 1889 Essen, Museum Folkwang 619 1792
Wheat Field with Cypresses September, 1889 Collection Niarchos 743 1790
Enclosed Wheat Field with Peasant Early October, 1889 Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art 641 1795
Entrance to a Quarry near Saint-Rémy October, 1889 Private collection 635 1767
Field with Ploughman and Mill October, 1889 Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 706 1794
Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The October, 1889 Private collection 640 1800
Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The October, 1889 Private collection 730 1841
Haystacks under a Rainy Sky October, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 563 2121
Les Peiroulets Ravine October, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 645 1803
Les Peiroulets Ravine October, 1889 Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 662 1804
Man is at Sea (after Demont-Breton), The October, 1889 Private collection 644 1805
Mulberry Tree, The October, 1889 Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art 637 1796
Portrait of a Patient in Saint-Paul Hospital October, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 703 1832
Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital October, 1889 Los Angeles, The Armand Hammer Museum of Art 643 1799
Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital October, 1889 Private collection 731 1801
Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital October, 1889 Switzerland, private collection 642 1798
Two Peasants Digging (after Millet) October, 1889 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum 648 1833
Two Poplars on a Road Through the Hills October, 1889 Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art 638 1797
View of the Church of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole October, 1889 Private collection 803 2124
Walk: Falling Leaves, The October, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 651 1844
Evening: The Watch (after Millet) Late October, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 647 1834
Sower, The (after Millet) Late October, 1889 Collection Niarchos 690 1837
Sower, The (after Millet) October-November, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 689 1836
Wheat Field in Rain Early November, 1889 Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art 650 1839
Evening: The End of the Day (after Millet) November, 1889 Komaki, Menard Art Museum 649 1835
Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital with Figure, The November, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 733 1845
Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The November, 1889 Essen, Museum Folkwang 660 1849
Landscape with Trees and Figures November, 1889 Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection 818 1848
Olive Grove: Orange Sky November, 1889 Goteborg, Goteborgs Konstmuseum 586 1854
Olive Grove: Pale Blue Sky November, 1889 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan, anticipated bequest of Walker H. Annenberg) 708 1855
Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun November, 1889 Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Art 710 1856
Olive Trees: Bright Blue Sky November, 1889 Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland 714 1858
Pine Trees against a Red Sky with Setting Sun November, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 652 1843
Pine Trees with Figure in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital November, 1889 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 653 1840
Road Menders, The November, 1889 Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art 657 1860
Road Menders, The November, 1889 Washington, The Phillips Collection 658 1861
Shepherdess, The (after Millet) November, 1889 Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, loaned by Moshe Mayer, Geneva 699 1838
Stone Bench in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The November, 1889 Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo 732 1842
Study of Pine Trees November, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 742 1846
Two Diggers among Trees November-December, 1889 Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts 701 1847
Olive Grove November-December, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 707 1857
Olive Trees against a Slope of a Hill November-December, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 716 1878
Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital November-December, 1889 Richmond (Va.), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 722 1872
Enclosed Field with Rising Sun December, 1889 Private collection 737 1862
Field with Two Rabbits December, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 739 1876
Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The December, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 659 1850
Landscape in the Neighbourhood of Saint-Rémy December, 1889 Location unknown (stolen in 1989) 726 1874
Landscape with Olive Tree and Mountains in the Background December, 1889 Private collection 663 1866
Les Peiroulets Ravine December, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 661 1871
Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul, A December, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 721 1864
Olive Grove with Picking Figures December, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 587 1853
Olive Picking December, 1889 Athens, Basil and Elise Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art 654 1868
Olive Picking December, 1889 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 655 1869
Olive Picking December, 1889 Washington, National Gallery of Art 656 1870
Road at Saint-Remy with Female Figure, A December, 1889 Kasama (Japan), Kasama Nichido Museum of Art 728 1875
Valley with Ploughman Seen from Above December, 1889 St. Petersburg, Hermitage 727 1877
Wooden Sheds December, 1889 Brussels, private collection 623 1873
White Cottage Among the Olive Trees, The December, 1889 United States, private collection 664 1865
First Steps (after Millet) January, 1890 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 668 1883
Morning: Peasant Couple Going to Work (after Millet) January, 1890 St. Petersburg, Hermitage 684 1880
Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet) January, 1890 Paris, Musée d'Orsay 686 1881
Plough and the Harrow (after Millet), The January, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 632 1882
Blossoming Almond Tree February, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 671 1891
Cypresses and Two Women February, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 621 1888
Drinkers, The February, 1890 Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago 667 1884
L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) February, 1890 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 541 1893
L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) February, 1890 Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna 540 1892
L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) February, 1890 Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo 542 1894
L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) February, 1890 Private collection 543 1895
Prisoners Exercising (after Doré) February, 1890 Moscow, Pushkin Museum 669 1885
Thatched Cottages in the Sunshine: Reminiscence of the North February, 1890 Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation 674 1920
Woodcutter, The (after Millet) February, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 670 1886
Cottages and Cypresses: Reminiscence of the North March-April, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 675 1921
Cottages: Reminiscence of the North March-April, 1890 Private collection 673 1919
Peasants Lifting Potatoes March-April, 1890 Private collection 694 1922
Two Peasant Women Digging in Field with Snow March-April, 1890 Zurich, Foundation E.G. Bührle 695 1923
Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity) April-May, 1890 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 702 1967
Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital April-May, 1890 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 676 1970
Poppies and Butterflies April-May, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 748 2013
Roses and Beetle April-May, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 749 2012
Wild Roses April-May, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 597 2011
Good Samaritan (after Delacroix), The May, 1890 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 633 1974
Green Wheat Fields May, 1890 Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art 807 1980
Landscape with Couple Walking and Crescent Moon May, 1890 Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo 704 1981
Meadow in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital May, 1890 London, National Gallery 672 1975
Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), The May, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 677 1972
Still Life: Pink Roses in a Vase May, 1890 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 682 1979
Still Life: Vase with Irises May, 1890 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 680 1978
Still Life: Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background May, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 678 1977
Still Life: Vase with Roses May, 1890 Washington, National Gallery of Art 681 1976
Road with Cypress and Star 12-15 May, 1890 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 683 1982


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