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Portrait of Dr Gachet with Pipe, May 1890 etching, 18 cm × 15 cm (Van Gogh's only etching) There is a second version of the portrait which was owned by Gachet himself. In the early 1950s, along with the remainder of his personal collection of Post-Impressionist paintings, it was bequeathed to the Republic of France by his heirs. [21] [22]
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Paul Gachet, painting by Vincent van Gogh (1890), second version (see below) Vincent van Gogh suffered from a mental disorder and committed himself to an asylum on 8 May 1889. He was released from the asylum on 16 May 1890, but continuation of medical attention was required, which included Van Gogh being under supervision.
"Dr. Gachet's house was set in the hillside above the main street [of the village], with a terraced garden full of flowers and looking down into the valley of the Oise. The house and garden were always full of stray cats, chickens and a ragged, featherless rooster... In the garden, he [Dr. Gachet] worked at a table painted bright orange (later ...
The painting was made by van Gogh during his stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, with Doctor Gachet. It is a copy, like van Gogh made many, of a study by Jacob Jordaens exhibited at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille. The painting was not copied directly, but from an etching by Doctor Gachet from 1873, signed with his artist name, Paul van Ryssel.
English: The House of Dr. Gachet, Auver-sur-Oise by Paul Cézanne, 1873, oil on canvas, 22 x 18.5 in., The Rudolf Staechelin Collection, Kunstmuseum Basel The Rudolf Staechelin Collection, Kunstmuseum Basel
Portrait of Dr. Gachet + 5 others FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings Creator Vincent van Gogh. Support as nominator – SchroCat 08:07, 17 February 2015 (UTC) Support-- - T H - the fury of nature given flesh 08:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC) Support-- Schro, you are good.
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