Vincent in Auvers sur Oise
(1890) 

On 27 July, Vincent went into the fields to paint, as he did every day, but this time things ended differently. He attempted to kill himself. He returned to Auberge Ravoux that evening with a gunshot wound to the chest and stumbled toward his room. Mr Ravoux notified a doctor and remained with Vincent until his brother could get there from Paris. Vincent died on 29 July in room five of the hotel with Theo by his side. His body was placed on a bier downstairs in the painters’ room until the burial on 30 July. Artist friends who had come from Paris hung his paintings in the room.

It is uncertain just which painting was the last he worked on or finished but the next two are certainly among the possible candidates.

Wheat Field with Crows

Auvers-sur-Oise: July, 1890


Oil on canvas

50.5 x 103.0 cm. 


Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum 

 

Field with Wheat Stacks

Auvers-sur-Oise: July, 1890


Oil on canvas

50.0 x 100.0 cm. 


Riehen/Basel, Switzerland: Fondation Beyeler