Vincent Van Gogh Chronology - 1890

1890

See also: Death of Vincent van Gogh and Auberge Ravoux

• January 18: Opening of the 7th annual exhibition of Les XX, Brussels, running through February 23; Van Gogh contributes 6 paintings, one of them is sold to Anna Boch. At the dinner, Henry de Groux insults van Gogh's paintings and refuses to allow his work to be displayed alongside Van Gogh's; Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec challenges de Groux to a duel in Van Gogh's defense, and Paul Signac declares that he would continue in Van Gogh's defense if Lautrec should be killed. De Groux is subsequently expelled from les XX.
• January 31: Theo's son Vincent is born.
• February 22–23: while on a visit to Arles, Van Gogh falls ill and has to be brought back to Saint-Rémy on a carriage. This crisis, lasting about nine weeks until the last days of April, is the longest recorded.
• March 20: Opening of the 6th exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants, running through April 27; Van Gogh contributes 10 paintings, 5 of which have already been shown at Les XX in Brussels. Gauguin, Guillaumin and other colleagues propose to exchange works; Monet sends his congratulations.
• May 1: recovered, he has taken up work again.
• May 16: Vincent is discharged from Saint Rémy, he travels to Paris, arrives May 17, at 10 in the morning.
• May 17–20: stays with Theo in Paris.
• May 20: moves to Auvers-sur-Oise.
• June 8: Theo and family visit.
• July 6: visits Theo in Paris.
• July 15: Theo accompanies his wife and son to Holland; travelling via Antwerp.
• July 19: he is back in Paris.
• July 23: business forces Theo out for a day in Antwerp. Vincent conceives his last letter.
• July 27: Sunday evening, Vincent injures himself with a gun; Dr. Gachet is summoned at 9 p.m.
• July 29: Vincent dies, at 1.30 in the morning. Among his last words: "I wanted it to end like this."
• July 30: funeral, assisted by Theo, Gachet, Tanguy, Bernard, Laval, Lucien Pissarro, Lauzet and others.
• August 7: L'Echo Pontoisien, a weekly published every Thursday, reports Van Gogh's attempt to commit suicide and his death.
• September 14: Theo and his young family move nextdoor.
• September 20: Theo, assisted by Emile Bernard, mounts an improvised retrospective exhibition of his brother's works in Theo's former appartement.
• October 9: Theo collapses mentally and physically, and is admitted to the Maison Dubois hospital, Faubourg St. Denis, later to a clinic in Passy.
• November 18: Theo is transferred to the Willem Arntzkliniek in Utrecht.