Vincent Van Gogh Chronology - 1889

1889

• January 5: Theo goes to Amsterdam.
• January 8: Vincent leaves hospital.
• January 9: engagement party of Theo and Jo in Amsterdam.
• January 14: Theo is back to Paris.
• February 7: Vincent is again taken to hospital after a second attack.
• February 17: he leaves hospital again.
• February 18: citizens' petition against Van Gogh.
• February 26: he is confined to hospital on police orders.
• March 23–24: Paul Signac, on the request of Theo, visits Vincent in the hospital.
• March 31: Theo departs for Amsterdam.
• April 18: Theo marries Johanna Gesina Bonger.
• May 8: Vincent admits himself to the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence; the only other option was to be transferred to a maison de santé elsewhere.
• June ?: Gauguin and friends organize an exhibition of their works in the Café Volpini (Exposition des Peintures du Groupe impressioniste et synthétiste, faite dans le local de M. Volpini au Champ-de-Mars 1889); Vincent is invited to participate, but Theo thinks it is inappropriate.
• July 8: visit to Arles.
• July 15: last batch of paintings from Arles sent to Paris.
• July 18: crisis, lasting to midth end of August.
• September: Van Gogh takes up work again.
• September 3: Opening of the 5th exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants, running through October 4; Van Gogh contributes 2 paintings.
• November 15: Octave Maus, secretary of Les XX, invites Van Gogh to participate in their forthcoming 7th annual exhibition in February 1890; Van Gogh accepts.