Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in Madrid?

At the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Les Vessenots in Auvers. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

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

Les Vessenots in Auvers, of 1890, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. A field of green wheat with the white walls and red roofs of a hamlet beyond, painted in short strokes under a pale sky.

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 at Auvers-sur-Oise, where he died in July 1890. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.

Painter, 1853 to 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh's Madrid painting is a field of wheat at Auvers-sur-Oise, painted in the spring of 1890 with the light and speed of his last months.

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

Where to see Vincent van Gogh in Madrid

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

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum1 work

Les Vessenots in Auvers
1890
A field of green wheat with the white walls and red roofs of a hamlet beyond, painted in short strokes under a pale sky.

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 at Auvers-sur-Oise, where he died in July 1890

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 Madrid?: At the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Les Vessenots in Auvers. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in Madrid?: Les Vessenots in Auvers, of 1890, at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. A field of green wheat with the white walls and red roofs of a hamlet beyond, painted in short strokes under a pale sky.
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 at Auvers-sur-Oise, where he died in July 1890. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.

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