Die Ebene von Auvers

1890 · Painting

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

Belvedere

Vienna, Austria

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since: Sep 27, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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About the painting

Ein blaugrüner Himmel wie nach einem Regen senkt sich als schmaler Streifen über die Ebene von Auvers. Die Landschaft scheint die Farbe regelrecht aufzusaugen. Leuchten im Vordergrund noch einzelne Blumen in Rot und Orange, so verschmelzen die Töne in Richtung Horizont immer stärker miteinander. Die Tiefenflucht und der hohe Horizont fangen die enorme Weite der Gegend ein, ungestüme Pinselstriche formen ihre Höhen und Senken. Van Gogh verbringt die letzten beiden Monate seines Lebens hier. Als ihm sein Bruder Theo lange erwartete Leinwände und Farben schickt, verfällt er einem regelrechten Schaffensrausch. Dutzende Bilder wie dieses entstehen. Der Maler stirbt bald nach dessen Vollendung.

Belvedere

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Belvedere: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
Image: Belvedere — CC BY-SA 4.0

Meanwhile, in the life of Vincent van Gogh

The whole life

February 1888
To Arles, dreaming of a “Studio of the South”
The public still neither accepted nor bought his paintings, and in February 1888 Van Gogh left for Arles in the south of France to found a “Studio of the South”, a brotherhood of like-minded artists in which he gave Gauguin the leading role. Theo backed the plan with money.
23 October 1888
Gauguin arrives in Arles
After much pleading Gauguin arrived in Arles, and in November the two painted together: Gauguin portrayed Van Gogh in “The Painter of Sunflowers”, and their first joint outing was to the Alyscamps. At Gauguin's suggestion Vincent painted from memory, producing “Memory of the Garden at Etten”.
23 December 1888
The severed ear
After an altercation on the evening of 23 December, Van Gogh, seemingly hearing voices, severed his left ear, wholly or in part, with a razor and delivered it, wrapped in paper, to a woman at a brothel. Next morning a policeman found him unconscious; in hospital he was diagnosed with “acute mania with generalised delirium”.
May 1889
Voluntarily into the Saint-Paul asylum
Van Gogh left Arles and voluntarily entered the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum, a former monastery in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, accompanied by the Protestant clergyman Frédéric Salles. Of his two cells with barred windows one became a studio, and the clinic and its garden became the main subjects of his paintings.
27 July 1890
A fatal wound: a revolver shot
Out painting, Van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver he had bought to scare off birds while working outdoors; the bullet passed below his heart, and he made his own way back to his room at the inn. Theo arrived the next day and stayed with him to the end; according to Theo, Vincent's last words were: “The sadness will last forever.”
29 July 1890
Died