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Van Gogh at Saint-Rémy, 1889: The Asylum Canvases — Page 3

Painted from inside an asylum: cypresses, olive groves, irises and the sky of The Starry Night.

116 canvases, dated 1888–1890. Held by Van Gogh Museum (22), Kröller-Müller Museum (14) and 35 other collections.

Painted from inside the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole and from the walled garden and fields he was allowed into. The subjects narrow — cypresses, olive groves, irises, the view from the window — and the brushwork tightens into the coiling stroke that most people picture when they picture him. The Starry Night belongs to this year.