1886
- January 18: enrolls in Antwerp Academy of Art (Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) for the winter term 1885-1886 in the Antique class.
- mid March: arrives in Paris and asks Theo to see him in the Louvre.
- March - June (?): studies for three months at studio of Fernand Cormon.
- April 3: relegated by the council of the Antwerp Academy to the entrance course; by this time Van Gogh is already in Paris.
- May 15: Opening of the 8th Impressionist exhibition; running through June 15.
- June: the Van Gogh brothers move from Rue de Laval to a larger apartment, Rue Lepic 54.
- August: Theo is on vacation in Holland, discusses with family and uncles his plan to establish an art gallery of his own. Meanwhile Vincent falls ill, and for some time Andries Bonger shares the apartment to care for Vincent and "S.," Theo's mistress.
- August 19 or 26: Theo is back to Paris.
- August 21: Opening of the 2nd exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants; running through September 21.
- October 25: Van Gogh proposes an exchange of works with Charles Angrand.
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