Vincent van Gogh spent one year at the asylum in Saint-Rémy de Provence. This year was probably the most difficult of his entire life. It would also prove to be one of his most creative as an artist. After cutting off part of his left ear in Arles, Van Gogh voluntarily confined himself to the institution in Saint-Rémy. Throughout the course of his year there Van Gogh would battle his own personal demons, but would also produce many of the best works of his career. At times Van Gogh would be completely incapacitated by his illness, but during his more lucid times the staff at the asylum would allow him to work outdoors and pursue his art. Van Gogh's landscapes in particular (such as Wheat Field with Cypresses) would be the most exquisite he would ever produce.
Note: The paintings are sorted by month and then alphabetically within each month. More accurate dating is generally too difficult. As a rule, however, the JH (Jan Hulsker) numbers do follow a more precise chronological sequence.
Painting Name |
Date of Origin |
Current Location |
F |
JH |
| Corner in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, A | May, 1889 | Location unknown | 609 | 1693 |
| Great Peacock Moth | May, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 610 | 1702 |
| Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The | May, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 734 | 1698 |
| Iris, The | May, 1889 | Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada | 601 | 1699 |
| Irises | May, 1889 | Los Angeles, Getty Center | 608 | 1691 |
| Lilacs | May, 1889 | St. Petersburg, Hermitage | 579 | 1692 |
| Field of Spring Wheat at Sunrise | May-June, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 720 | 1728 |
| At the Foot of the Mountains | Early June, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 723 | 1722 |
| Field with Poppies | Early June, 1889 | Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen | 581 | 1751 |
| Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Paul Hospital | Early June, 1889 | Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | 611 | 1723 |
| Cypresses | June, 1889 | New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 613 | 1746 |
| Cypresses with Two Female Figures | June, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 620 | 1748 |
| Green Wheat Field | June, 1889 | Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich (on loan) | 718 | 1727 |
| Le Mont Gaussier with the Mas de Saint-Paul | June, 1889 | London, private collection | 725 | 1744 |
| Olive Grove | June, 1889 | Kansas City (Mo.), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Art | 715 | 1759 |
| Olive Grove: Bright Blue Sky | June, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 709 | 1760 |
| Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background | June, 1889 | New York, Museum of Modern Art | 712 | 1740 |
| Starry Night | June, 1889 | New York, The Museum of Modern Art | 612 | 1731 |
| Green Wheat Field with Cypress | Mid-June, 1889 | Prague, Narodni Gallery | 719 | 1725 |
| Olive Grove | Mid-June, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 585 | 1758 |
| Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haute Galline Near Eygalieres | Late June, 1889 | New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 717 | 1756 |
| Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun | Late June, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 617 | 1753 |
| Evening Landscape with Rising Moon | Early July, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 735 | 1761 |
| Entrance to a Quarry | Mid-July, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 744 | 1802 |
| Mountains at Saint-Rémy with Dark Cottage | July, 1889 | New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Justin K. Thannhauser Collection | 622 | 1766 |
| Tree Trunks with Ivy | July, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 746 | 1762 |
| Undergrowth with Ivy | July, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 745 | 1764 |
| Tree Trunks with Ivy | Summer, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 747 | 1763 |
| Enclosed Field with Ploughman | Late August, 1889 | Private collection | 625 | 1768 |
| Self-Portrait | Late August, 1889 | Washington, National Gallery of Art | 626 | 1770 |
| Bedroom, The | Early September, 1889 | Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago | 484 | 1771 |
| Wheat Field with Cypresses | Early September, 1889 | London, National Gallery | 615 | 1755 |
| Wheat Fields with Reaper at Sunrise | Early September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 618 | 1773 |
| Half Figure of an Angel (after Rembrandt) | September, 1889 | Private collection | 624 | 1778 |
| Olive Trees | September, 1889 | Private collection | 711 | 1791 |
| Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (after Millet) | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 700 | 1781 |
| Peasant Woman Cutting Straw (after Millet) | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 697 | 1788 |
| Peasant Woman with a Rake (after Millet) | September, 1889 | Private collection | 698 | 1789 |
| Pietà (after Delacroix), The | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 630 | 1775 |
| Pietà (after Delacroix), The | September, 1889 | Rome, Musei Vaticani | 757 | 1776 |
| Portrait of a Young Peasant | September, 1889 | Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna | 531 | 1779 |
| Portrait of Madame Trabuc | September, 1889 | St. Petersburg, Hermitage | 631 | 1777 |
| Portrait of Trabuc, an Attendant at Saint-Paul Hospital | September, 1889 | Solothurn, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Dubi-Muller Foundation | 629 | 1774 |
| Reaper with Sickle (after Millet) | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 687 | 1782 |
| Reaper (after Millet), The | September, 1889 | Private collection | 688 | 1783 |
| Self-Portrait | September, 1889 | Private collection | 525 | 1665 |
| Self-Portrait | September, 1889 | Paris, Musée d'Orsay | 627 | 1772 |
| Sheaf-Binder, The (after Millet) | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 693 | 1785 |
| Sheep-Shearers, The (after Millet) | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 634 | 1787 |
| Spinner, The | September, 1889 | Geneva, Collection Moshe Mayer | 696 | 1786 |
| Thresher (after Millet), The | September, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 692 | 1784 |
| Vincent's Bedroom in Arles | September, 1889 | Paris, Musée d'Orsay | 483 | 1793 |
| Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital with a Reaper | September, 1889 | Essen, Museum Folkwang | 619 | 1792 |
| Wheat Field with Cypresses | September, 1889 | Collection Niarchos | 743 | 1790 |
| Enclosed Wheat Field with Peasant | Early October, 1889 | Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art | 641 | 1795 |
| Entrance to a Quarry near Saint-Rémy | October, 1889 | Private collection | 635 | 1767 |
| Field with Ploughman and Mill | October, 1889 | Boston, Museum of Fine Arts | 706 | 1794 |
| Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The | October, 1889 | Private collection | 640 | 1800 |
| Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The | October, 1889 | Private collection | 730 | 1841 |
| Haystacks under a Rainy Sky | October, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 563 | 2121 |
| Les Peiroulets Ravine | October, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 645 | 1803 |
| Les Peiroulets Ravine | October, 1889 | Boston, Museum of Fine Arts | 662 | 1804 |
| Man is at Sea (after Demont-Breton), The | October, 1889 | Private collection | 644 | 1805 |
| Mulberry Tree, The | October, 1889 | Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art | 637 | 1796 |
| Portrait of a Patient in Saint-Paul Hospital | October, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 703 | 1832 |
| Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital | October, 1889 | Los Angeles, The Armand Hammer Museum of Art | 643 | 1799 |
| Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital | October, 1889 | Private collection | 731 | 1801 |
| Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital | October, 1889 | Switzerland, private collection | 642 | 1798 |
| Two Peasants Digging (after Millet) | October, 1889 | Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum | 648 | 1833 |
| Two Poplars on a Road Through the Hills | October, 1889 | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 638 | 1797 |
| View of the Church of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole | October, 1889 | Private collection | 803 | 2124 |
| Walk: Falling Leaves, The | October, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 651 | 1844 |
| Evening: The Watch (after Millet) | Late October, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 647 | 1834 |
| Sower, The (after Millet) | Late October, 1889 | Collection Niarchos | 690 | 1837 |
| Sower, The (after Millet) | October-November, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 689 | 1836 |
| Wheat Field in Rain | Early November, 1889 | Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art | 650 | 1839 |
| Evening: The End of the Day (after Millet) | November, 1889 | Komaki, Menard Art Museum | 649 | 1835 |
| Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital with Figure, The | November, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 733 | 1845 |
| Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The | November, 1889 | Essen, Museum Folkwang | 660 | 1849 |
| Landscape with Trees and Figures | November, 1889 | Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cone Collection | 818 | 1848 |
| Olive Grove: Orange Sky | November, 1889 | Goteborg, Goteborgs Konstmuseum | 586 | 1854 |
| Olive Grove: Pale Blue Sky | November, 1889 | New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (on loan, anticipated bequest of Walker H. Annenberg) | 708 | 1855 |
| Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun | November, 1889 | Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Art | 710 | 1856 |
| Olive Trees: Bright Blue Sky | November, 1889 | Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland | 714 | 1858 |
| Pine Trees against a Red Sky with Setting Sun | November, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 652 | 1843 |
| Pine Trees with Figure in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital | November, 1889 | Paris, Musée d'Orsay | 653 | 1840 |
| Road Menders, The | November, 1889 | Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art | 657 | 1860 |
| Road Menders, The | November, 1889 | Washington, The Phillips Collection | 658 | 1861 |
| Shepherdess, The (after Millet) | November, 1889 | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, loaned by Moshe Mayer, Geneva | 699 | 1838 |
| Stone Bench in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The | November, 1889 | Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo | 732 | 1842 |
| Study of Pine Trees | November, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 742 | 1846 |
| Two Diggers among Trees | November-December, 1889 | Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts | 701 | 1847 |
| Olive Grove | November-December, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 707 | 1857 |
| Olive Trees against a Slope of a Hill | November-December, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 716 | 1878 |
| Wheat Field Behind Saint-Paul Hospital | November-December, 1889 | Richmond (Va.), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon | 722 | 1872 |
| Enclosed Field with Rising Sun | December, 1889 | Private collection | 737 | 1862 |
| Field with Two Rabbits | December, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 739 | 1876 |
| Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital, The | December, 1889 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 659 | 1850 |
| Landscape in the Neighbourhood of Saint-Rémy | December, 1889 | Location unknown (stolen in 1989) | 726 | 1874 |
| Landscape with Olive Tree and Mountains in the Background | December, 1889 | Private collection | 663 | 1866 |
| Les Peiroulets Ravine | December, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 661 | 1871 |
| Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul, A | December, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 721 | 1864 |
| Olive Grove with Picking Figures | December, 1889 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 587 | 1853 |
| Olive Picking | December, 1889 | Athens, Basil and Elise Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art | 654 | 1868 |
| Olive Picking | December, 1889 | New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art | 655 | 1869 |
| Olive Picking | December, 1889 | Washington, National Gallery of Art | 656 | 1870 |
| Road at Saint-Remy with Female Figure, A | December, 1889 | Kasama (Japan), Kasama Nichido Museum of Art | 728 | 1875 |
| Valley with Ploughman Seen from Above | December, 1889 | St. Petersburg, Hermitage | 727 | 1877 |
| Wooden Sheds | December, 1889 | Brussels, private collection | 623 | 1873 |
| White Cottage Among the Olive Trees, The | December, 1889 | United States, private collection | 664 | 1865 |
| First Steps (after Millet) | January, 1890 | New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 668 | 1883 |
| Morning: Peasant Couple Going to Work (after Millet) | January, 1890 | St. Petersburg, Hermitage | 684 | 1880 |
| Noon: Rest from Work (after Millet) | January, 1890 | Paris, Musée d'Orsay | 686 | 1881 |
| Plough and the Harrow (after Millet), The | January, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 632 | 1882 |
| Blossoming Almond Tree | February, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 671 | 1891 |
| Cypresses and Two Women | February, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 621 | 1888 |
| Drinkers, The | February, 1890 | Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago | 667 | 1884 |
| L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) | February, 1890 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 541 | 1893 |
| L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) | February, 1890 | Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna | 540 | 1892 |
| L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) | February, 1890 | Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo | 542 | 1894 |
| L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) | February, 1890 | Private collection | 543 | 1895 |
| Prisoners Exercising (after Doré) | February, 1890 | Moscow, Pushkin Museum | 669 | 1885 |
| Thatched Cottages in the Sunshine: Reminiscence of the North | February, 1890 | Philadelphia, The Barnes Foundation | 674 | 1920 |
| Woodcutter, The (after Millet) | February, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 670 | 1886 |
| Cottages and Cypresses: Reminiscence of the North | March-April, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 675 | 1921 |
| Cottages: Reminiscence of the North | March-April, 1890 | Private collection | 673 | 1919 |
| Peasants Lifting Potatoes | March-April, 1890 | Private collection | 694 | 1922 |
| Two Peasant Women Digging in Field with Snow | March-April, 1890 | Zurich, Foundation E.G. Bührle | 695 | 1923 |
| Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity) | April-May, 1890 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 702 | 1967 |
| Pine Trees and Dandelions in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital | April-May, 1890 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 676 | 1970 |
| Poppies and Butterflies | April-May, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 748 | 2013 |
| Roses and Beetle | April-May, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 749 | 2012 |
| Wild Roses | April-May, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 597 | 2011 |
| Good Samaritan (after Delacroix), The | May, 1890 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 633 | 1974 |
| Green Wheat Fields | May, 1890 | Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art | 807 | 1980 |
| Landscape with Couple Walking and Crescent Moon | May, 1890 | Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo | 704 | 1981 |
| Meadow in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital | May, 1890 | London, National Gallery | 672 | 1975 |
| Raising of Lazarus (after Rembrandt), The | May, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 677 | 1972 |
| Still Life: Pink Roses in a Vase | May, 1890 | New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 682 | 1979 |
| Still Life: Vase with Irises | May, 1890 | New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 680 | 1978 |
| Still Life: Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background | May, 1890 | Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum | 678 | 1977 |
| Still Life: Vase with Roses | May, 1890 | Washington, National Gallery of Art | 681 | 1976 |
| Road with Cypress and Star | 12-15 May, 1890 | Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 683 | 1982 |
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