Vincent van Gogh: where to see him across these museums

Van Gogh took up painting only in his late twenties, after failed attempts at art dealing and the ministry, and produced his entire body of work — over 2,000 pieces — in roughly a decade. Moving to Arles in the south of France in 1888 pushed his color and brushwork to new intensity, but the same year, after a quarrel with Paul Gauguin who had come to live with him, he cut off part of his own left ear during a breakdown.

He spent much of his final two years moving between hospital and asylum care, painting with striking productivity in calmer stretches — The Starry Night dates from this period. He died in Auvers-sur-Oise in July 1890 from a gunshot wound, two days after being shot; whether it was self-inflicted, as long assumed, or accidental has been debated by biographers since a widely discussed 2011 reappraisal.

Van Gogh paintings on display, museum by museum

Rooms and display status checked against each museum’s own collection database.

Listen to the commentary in the gallery

This list tells you where to look. In front of the actual painting, CulturAll adds the audio commentary: photograph the work or its label, listen, then ask your questions.