Van Gogh's 'Wheat Field With Crows' is one of the highlights of the new exhibition 'Van Gogh In Auvers. His Final Months'. Photo: Van Gogh Museum
The show at the Van Gogh Museum in the Dutch capital, which opens on Friday, features 50 of the 74 works produced in his frenzied last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, just northwest of Paris, before his death at the age of 37. "It is fair to say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition about Van Gogh's very last period, his last 70 days," museum director Emilie Gordenker said at a press preview on Wednesday.
The painter arrived in Auvers full of hope and fresh enthusiasm, mainly because of the presence of Dr Gachet, a physician specialising in the treatment of"melancholia"."Vincent had a really tough time before he came to Auvers. He really suffered very much from his mental condition," said Gordenker.'The audacity'