Van Gogh | Timeline

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose work had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. His best-known works include portraits, self portraits, landscapes, still lifes, olive trees, cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers. In just over a decade, he produced over 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings. Critics largely ignored him until his 1890 suicide, at 37, following years of anxiety, poverty and mental illness. (Wikipedia)

March 30, 1853 - Zundert - Vincent Willem Van Gogh is born

May 1, 1857 - Van Gogh's brother Theo (Theodorus) is born

October 1, 1864 - Zevenbergen - Vincent starts attending the School of Jan Provily

August 1(?), 1866 - Zevenbergen - Vincent leaves Zevenbergen

September 3, 1866 - Tilburg - Vincent enters Koning Willem II secondary school

March 1(?), 1868 - Zundert - Vincent leaves Tilburg and returns to his family in Zundert

July 30, 1869 - The Hague - Vincent starts apprenticeship with Goupil & Cie.

January 1(?), 1871 - Helvoirt - Vincent's family moves to Helvoirt

February 19, 1873 - Vincent's father buys his son out of the army

May 12, 1873 - Helvoirt - Vincent leaves for Paris

May 14(?), 1873 - Paris - Vincent arrives in Paris

May 21(?), 1873 - London - Vincent arrives in London

June 27, 1874 - Helvoirt - Summer Holiday with his Family

July 15, 1874 - Helvoirt - Vincent departs to London

August 1(?), 1874 - London - Vincent moves to Kennington

November 1(?), 1874 - Paris - On the demand of Uncle Cent, Vincent is transferred to Paris to get acquainted with the headquarters of Goupil & Cie.

December 25, 1874 - Helvoirt - Christmas with Family

January 2, 1875 - London - Vincent returns to London

May 30(?), 1875 - Paris - Vincent is re-transfered to Paris Headquarters

October 18, 1875 - Etten, Netherlands - Van Gogh's family moves to Etten

December 25, 1875 - Etten - Christmas with Family

December 30, 1875 - The Hague - Visit to his Uncle C.M. to get advice about his future

January 4, 1876 - Paris - Back to Paris, a talk with Léon Boussod ends with Van Gogh's resignation

March 30, 1876 - Paris - Last day at Goupil's

March 31, 1876 - Etten - Returns to Etten for a fortnight

April 14, 1876 - Etten - Vincent leaves for England
April 16, 1876 - Ramsgate, England - Van Gogh arrives in England to teach at the school of William Stokes
June 1(?), 1876 - Isleworth - Stokes transfers his school to Linkfield House, Isleworth
July 3, 1876 - Isleworth - Van Gogh moves to the school of Reverend Thomas Slade-Jones (1829–1883) at Holme Court
October 29, 1876 - Richmond - First sermon at Richmond Methodist Church
December 25, 1876 - Etten - Christmas with Family
January 1(?), 1877 - Dordrecht - Vincent starts working as a bookseller's assistant
May 14, 1877 - Amsterdam - Vincent moves to Amsterdam to study for entrance into the University
July 5, 1878 - Etten - Vincent abandons studies and returns to Etten
July 16, 1878 - Laeken, near Brussels - Father introduces Vincent to the governors of the Evangelical College (Vlaamse opleidingsschool), accompanied by Reverend Jones
August 24, 1878 - Laeken - having postponed his departure to assist at the wedding of his sister Anna (August 21), Vincent moves to Laeken
December 1(?), 1878 - Laeken - Fails his exams
December 26, 1878 - Laeken - turns to the Committee (Comité d'Evangélisation) and asks to be accepted for the Borinage
January 1(?), 1879 - Laeken - Vincent is accepted to do evangelical work in the Borinage for 6 months on trial
July 31, 1879 - Laeken - Vincent's contract ends and is not renewed
August 3, 1879 - Tournai - Arrives in Tournai to visit Reverend Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen, who is in Brussels
August 4, 1879 - Brussels - Meets Reverend Abraham Van der Waeyen Pieterszen
August 5, 1879 - Cuesmes, near Mons - Vincent asks his brother Theo to meet him in the train station. Spends a day with him
August 10(?), 1879 - Wasmes, Hainaut, Belgium - Arrives in Wasmes in the evening, where he is lodged by J.B. Denis
August 15, 1879 - Etten - Vincent arrives in Etten to stay with his parentes
March 15, 1880 - Cuesmes - Vincent escapes to Cuesmes when his father tries to put him to an asylum (Gheel)
March 29(?), 1880 - Courrières - Tries to visit Jules Breton in Courrièges, but doesn't have the nerve to enter the property
April 5(?), 1880 - Cuesmes - Returns to Cuesmes
July 1(?), 1880 - Cuesmes - Letter to his parents, after receiving money (in fact it was from Theo)
August 20, 1880 - Cuesmes - Restarts correspondence with his brother Theo
September 1(?), 1880 - Cuesmes - Starts taking the drawing course, which he got on loan from Tersteeg, head of Goupil & Cie in The Hague =(START)
October 1(?), 1880 - Brussels - Moves to Brussels, takes the advice of Willem Roelofs and enrolls in a beginners art course at the Academy; as suggested by Theo, he meets Rappard.
April 1(?), 1881 - Etten - Moves back to Etten to draw
April 17, 1881 - Etten - Vincent meets Theo
June 15(?), 1881 - Etten - Rappard visits Van Gogh in Etten
August 23, 1881 - The Hague - Trip to The Hague; he visits Anton Mauve and Théophile de Bock, sees some exhibitions and the recently opened Panorama Mesdag (until 26th)
November 27, 1881 - The Hague - Arrives in The Hague to stay with Anton Mauve for some time. Mauve encourages him to work in oils and watercolours

Self-Portrait

December 25, 1881 - Etten - On Christmas Day, Vincent quarrels with his father who had tried to force him to assist the Christmas service, and leaves for The Hague
January 1(?), 1882 - The Hague - Moves into a small studio, Schenkweg 138
January 20(?), 1882 - The Hague - Meets Clasina Maria Hoornik ("Sien") and sets up a domestic relationship with her.
June 7, 1882 - The Hague - Van Gogh is admitted to municipal hospital to be treated for gonorrhea.
July 1, 1882 - The Hague - Van Gogh leaves the hospital; in the next days he moves next door into a larger studio, Schenkweg 136 (since 1884: Schenkstraat 13)
July 2, 1882 - The Hague - Sien gives birth to a baby boy, who is given the name Willem
August 1(?), 1882 - Scheveningen - following a visit of Theo who supplied money for colour, Van Gogh starts painting in oil at the sea coast

Sunflowers

November 1(?), 1882 - The Hague - Van Gogh has trial proofs of 6 lithographs printed
September 1(?), 1883 - Drenthe - Van Gogh leaves Sien and moves to Drenthe
September 11, 1883 - Hoogeveen - Arrives in Hoogeveen, late in the evening, and lodges with Albertus Hartsuiker, Groote Kerkstraat
October 2, 1883 - Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord - Van Gogh leaves Hoogeveen on the tow boat for Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord: Van Gogh wrote his brother that he is staying in the first place, while his lodgings with Hendrik Scholte were indeed part of the latter village close-by
November 1, 1883 - Zweeloo - Visit to Zweeloo
December 4, 1883 - Hoogeveen - Walks down from Veenoord to Hoogeveen to catch the train for Nuenen.
December 5, 1883 - Nuenen - Vincent arrives in Nuenen to stay with his parentes
December 7, 1883 - Nuenen - Pen drawing F.1237 signaling Theo's arrival in Nuenen
March 30, 1885 - Nuenen - Van Gogh attends his father's funeral
August 1(?), 1885 - The Hague - First public display of works by Van Gogh, in windows of the art dealer Leurs in The Hague.
October 6, 1885 - Amsterdam - Visit to Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum (until 8th)
November 24, 1885 - Nuenen - Vincent departs to Antwerp
January 18, 1886 - Antwerp - Enrolls in Antwerp Academy of Art (Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) for the winter term 1885-1886 in the Antique class.

Alyscamps

March 15(?), 1886 - Paris - arrives in Paris and asks Theo to see him in the Louvre
April 3, 1886 - Paris - relegated by the council of the Antwerp Academy to the entrance course; by this time Van Gogh is already in Paris.
May 15, 1886 - Paris - Opening of the 8th Impressionist exhibition; running through June 15.
June 1(?), 1886 - Paris - The Van Gogh brothers move to a larger apartment on Rue Lepic 54
August 21, 1886 - Paris - Opening of the 2nd exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants; running through September 21.
October 25, 1886 - Paris - Van Gogh proposes an exchange of works with Charles Angrand
January 1(?), 1887 - Paris - Vincent signs his first portrait of "Père" Tanguy, and later this year portraits of "Mère" Tanguy and one of their friends.
March 11, 1887 - Paris - Theo states that it is impossible to get on with Vincent
March 26, 1887 - Paris - Opening of the 3rd exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants; running through June 8.
April 26, 1887 - Asnières - Vincent and Theo have made peace. Vincent campaigns in Asnières
December 30(?), 1887 - Paris - Vincent arranges an exhibition of paintings by himself, Bernard, Anquetin, and (probably) Toulouse-Lautrec in the Restaurant du Chalet, 43 Avenue de Clichy, on Montmartre. Bernard and Anquetin sell their first painting, Vincent exchanges work with Gauguin.
February 19, 1888 - Paris - Van Gogh departs from Paris
February 20, 1888 - Arles - Van Gogh arrives in Arles
March 22, 1888 - Arles - Opening of the 4th exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants; Van Gogh contributes 3 paintings

Yellow House, Arles, 1888

May 1, 1888 - Arles - Van Gogh takes lease on the Yellow House
June 1(?), 1888 - Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer - works for a week in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
September 8, 1888 - Arles - buys two beds for the Yellow House
September 17, 1888 - Arles - spends first night in the Yellow House
October 23, 1888 - Arles - Paul Gauguin arrives to stay with Vincent
November 2, 1888 - Arles - Letter from Vincent and Paul Gauguin to Emile Bernard
December 1(?), 1888 - Montpellier - Gauguin and Van Gogh on a trip to Montpellier visit the Musée Fabre to see the Bruyas collection

Terrace of a Café, Arles

December 23, 1888 - Arles - In an acute psychotic episode, Van Gogh cuts off his ear after arguing with Gauguin
December 24, 1888 - Arles - Van Gogh is found "lying in his bed, giving almost no sign of life", and taken to the Old Hospital in Arles
December 25, 1888 - Arles - Theo visits Vincent in hospital; that evening Theo and Gauguin leave for Paris
January 8, 1889 - Arles - Van Gogh leaves hospital
February 7, 1889 - Arles - Vincent is again taken to hospital after a second attack.
February 17, 1889 - Arles - Vincent leaves hospital again
February 18, 1889 - Arles - citizens' petition against Van Gogh.
February 26, 1889 - Arles - Vincent is confined to hospital on police orders
May 8, 1889 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - 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.

Starry Night, 1889

June 18, 1889 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Van Gogh finishes painting the "Starry Night"
July 8, 1889 - Arles - Visit to Arles
July 15, 1889 - Arles -
Last batch of paintings from Arles sent to Paris

July 18, 1889 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - New crisis lasting to end of August
September 1(?), 1889 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Van Gogh takes up work again
September 3, 1889 - Opening of the 5th exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants, running through October 4; Van Gogh contributes 2 paintings.
November 15, 1889 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Van Gogh accepts an invitation from Octave Maus, secretary of "Les XX" to participate in their fortcoming 7th annual exhibition in February 1890
January 18, 1890 - 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
February 22, 1890 - Arles - 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.
February 23, 1890 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Van Gogh is brought to Saint-Rémy
March 20, 1890 - 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, 1890 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Recovered, Van Gogh takes up work again
May 16, 1890 - Saint-Rémy-de-Provence - Van Gogh is discharged from Saint Rémy and departs to Paris
May 17, 1890 - Paris - Arrives in Paris. Stays with brother Theo until 20th
May 20, 1890 - Auvers-sur-Oise - Van Gogh moves to Auvers-sur-Oise
June 8, 1890 - Auvers-sur-Oise - Vincent is visited by his Family

Dr.Gachet, 1890

June 12, 1890 - Auvers-sur-Oise - Letter to his sister. Finishes painting "Dr.Gachet's portrait"
July 6, 1890 - Paris - Visiting Theo in Paris
July 27, 1890 - Auvers-sur-Oise - Van Gogh shoots himself in the chest with a revolver. He is able to walk back to the Auberge Ravoux, where he is attended by two doctors, however the bullet couldn't be removed
July 28, 1890 - Auvers-sur-Oise - Van Gogh's brother Theo, finds him surprisingly well and smoking his pipe
July 29, 1890 - Auvers-sur-Oise - Van Gogh dies from untreated infection, 29 hours after shooting himself, aged 37 =(END)