Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in Paris?

At the Musée d'Orsay: Starry Night Over the Rhône, Self-Portrait, The Church at Auvers and Bedroom in Arles. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in Paris?

Starry Night Over the Rhône, of 1888, at the Musée d'Orsay. The river at Arles at night, the gas lamps reflected in the water and the Great Bear overhead, painted outdoors by lamplight. It is not the swirling Starry Night, which is in New York.

When and where was Vincent van Gogh born?

On 30 March 1853, at Zundert, Netherlands. Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890, at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, aged about 37.

What is Vincent van Gogh known for?

Painted for only ten years, and about 860 oil paintings. Lived in Montmartre from 1886 to 1888. Died at Auvers-sur-Oise, an hour from Paris. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.

Painter, 1853 to 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh found his colour in Paris and painted his last picture an hour north of it. The Musée d'Orsay shows the work of his final two years, the Starry Night Over the Rhône among it.

Starry Night Over the Rhône by Van Gogh: stars over a dark river, with the lights of Arles reflected in the water. — Vincent van Gogh, Public domain

Van Gogh's self-portrait of 1889, in a pale blue suit against a swirling blue ground. — Vincent van Gogh, Public domain

The Church at Auvers, by Van Gogh: a village church under a deep blue sky, a path dividing in front of it. — Vincent van Gogh, Public domain

Born: 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died: 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Movement: Post-Impressionism
In Paris: 4 works in 1 museum

Where to see Vincent van Gogh in Paris

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Musée d'Orsay4 works

Starry Night Over the Rhône
1888
The river at Arles at night, the gas lamps reflected in the water and the Great Bear overhead, painted outdoors by lamplight. It is not the swirling Starry Night, which is in New York.
Self-Portrait
1889
Painted in the asylum at Saint-Rémy: the face rigid, the background a whirl of blue-green. It was one of his last self-portraits.
The Church at Auvers
1890
The village church under a sky of deep cobalt, its walls buckling. Painted a few weeks before his death. The church still stands and looks just like it.
Bedroom in Arles
1889
His room in the Yellow House, the bed, two chairs and his own pictures on the wall. This is the third and smallest version, painted for his mother and sister.

The life of Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853 and did not begin to paint until he was twenty-seven. In 1886 he came to Paris to live with his brother Theo, an art dealer, in Montmartre. He saw the Impressionists, met Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec, and his dark Dutch palette turned to pure colour.

In 1888 he went south to Arles, where he painted the sunflowers, his bedroom and the night sky. After a breakdown he spent a year in the asylum at Saint-Rémy, and in May 1890 moved to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, where he painted more than seventy pictures in seventy days. He shot himself there in July 1890 and died two days later, at thirty-seven.

What to know

Painted for only ten years, and about 860 oil paintings
Lived in Montmartre from 1886 to 1888
Died at Auvers-sur-Oise, an hour from Paris

Born: 30 March 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died: 29 July 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Vincent van Gogh: common questions

Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in Paris?: At the Musée d'Orsay: Starry Night Over the Rhône, Self-Portrait, The Church at Auvers and Bedroom in Arles. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in Paris?: Starry Night Over the Rhône, of 1888, at the Musée d'Orsay. The river at Arles at night, the gas lamps reflected in the water and the Great Bear overhead, painted outdoors by lamplight. It is not the swirling Starry Night, which is in New York.
When and where was Vincent van Gogh born?: On 30 March 1853, at Zundert, Netherlands. Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890, at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, aged about 37.
What is Vincent van Gogh known for?: Painted for only ten years, and about 860 oil paintings. Lived in Montmartre from 1886 to 1888. Died at Auvers-sur-Oise, an hour from Paris. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.