Café Van Gogh. – Photo by Rudi Schols Still operational today and now named Café Van Gogh, this is the Café that Van Gogh painted in The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night. Bring Vincent Van Gogh’s timeless paintings to life—and follow in the artist’s footsteps—when you book this half-day tour of Van Gogh’s Provence. In the same letter, he mentions two different studies and a drawing of a garden near Arles.

This is almost the same café terrace on the Place de Forum in Arles as when painted in Sep 1888. Collection Pierre Vernes and Edith Vernes-Karaoglan Paris, France, Europe F: 814, JH: 2107 Image Only - Van Gogh: Garden … Vincent arrived in Arles on 20 February 1888. 'Under the blue sky, the orange, yellow, red patches of flowers take on an amazing brilliance, and in the limpid air there’s something happier and more suggestive of love than in the north...' so wrote Vincent van Gogh from the southern French town of Arles to his brother Theo in the summer of 1888. After that, he was also allowed to work outside the grounds of the asylum. Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsənt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] (); 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.In just over a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. In addition to navigating, your guide offers anecdotes often unheard by visitors about the lives of renowned French painters Monet and Van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh Painting, Oil on Canvas Auvers-sur-Oise, France: June - July, 1890? Pick between morning and afternoon tour times, meet directly at your Avignon hotel, and set off with just a small group for company. He spent a year there. With a group capped at 8 people, this tour provides an intimate experience. For the first few weeks, he could only work indoors or in the walled garden. Stops on the itinerary include Monet’s home and flower garden and Van Gogh’s boarding house and tomb. After two years in Paris, he was tired of the bustle and demands of city life and longed for the sunshine and vibrant colours of the south.When he got to Arles, Vincent took a room at the hotel-restaurant Carrel, and later, one at Café de la Gare.In early September, he moved into the Yellow House, which he had begun using as a studio on 1 May. In May 1889, Van Gogh had himself admitted to the asylum of Saint-Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy (southern France), because he suffered from nervous attacks.