On May 8, 1889, Vincent Van Gogh checked himself into the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence following a period of intense emotional instability. The next morning, he carried his paints, ...

On May 8, 1889, painter Vincent van Gogh checked himself into a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, during a major mental health crisis. The hospital director, Théophile Peyron, ...

The Dutch painter began Irises in 1889 on his first full day at a psychiatric hospital. Getty Museum On May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital, he ...

A fragment of pine pollen found within Van Gogh’s Irises has helped locate the place where the flowers flourished, at the back of the walled garden in the asylum where the artist stayed for a year.

Avoidance, solace, and the contemplation of nature -- The iris as subject -- Within and beyond the walls of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence -- A certain point of view Presents an ...