1888
- January 1: Theo, accompanied by a second person (probably Manzi, not Vincent?), visits Gauguin in his atelier and acquires 3 paintings for Boussod & Valadon.
- January 4: Theo acquires, privately, Gauguin's Negresses, and Manzi a seascape
- January 12: Theo acquires, privately, Toulouse-Lautrec's "Poudre de riz."
- February 5: Anton Mauve dies.
- February 19: Vincent departs from Paris.
- February 20: arrives in Arles.
- March 22: Opening of the 4th exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants; Van Gogh contributes 3 paintings.
- May 1: takes lease on the Yellow House.
- June: works for a week in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- September 8: buys two beds for the Yellow House.
- September 17: spends first night in the Yellow House.
- October 23: Paul Gauguin arrives to stay with Vincent.
- November: Gauguin receives the invitation to exhibit with Les XX in spring 1889.
- December: Gauguin and Van Gogh on a trip to Montpellier visit the Musée Fabre to see the Bruyas collection.
- December 23: Van Gogh cuts off part of his ear after arguing with Gauguin.
- December 24: Van Gogh is found "lying in his bed, giving almost no sign of life", and taken to the Old Hospital in Arles.
- December 25: Theo visits Vincent in hospital; that evening Theo and Gauguin leave for Paris.
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