e following year here. He painted more than 200 canvases in 15 months. During this time he sold no pictures, was in poverty, and suffered recurrent nervous crisis with hallucinations and depression. He became enthusiastic for the idea of founding artists co-operative at Arles and towards the end of the year he was joined by Gauguin. But as a result of a quarrel between them van Gogh suffered the crisis in that occurred the famous incident when he cut off his left ear, that event commemorated in his self-portrait with Bandaged Ear. From May 1889 until May 1890, he was voluntarily confined in the Asylum of Saint Paul in Saint-Remy. While in the asylum he continued to paint. In June 1889 he painted the Starry Night and the extraordinary Self- Portrait. In the three months after his release from the hospital in May 1890, at the village of Auvers-sur-Oise outside Paris, Vincent produced many notable works. The paintings included the Portrait of Dr. Gachet, which is at a private collection in New York City, and also Field under Thunderclouds, and Crows in the Wheat Fields, both, which are at the Rijksmuseum. Although he had finally began to receive critical praise, he shot himself on July 27, 1890, and died two days later. The end of his like serves to emphasis the unstable mind often seen in his paintings. He painted over 800 canvases in the last two years of his life. During these final years, he had become and accomplished artist. He painted images that not only had pictorial value, but also had a meaningful purpose beneath the surface. Vincent was buried in a cemetery between the cornfields. A few painters were present, and Dr. Gachet planted sunflowers around the grave. His brother Theo died just six months after, and is buried next to him in the cemetery. Vincent van Gogh was an artist whose life was cut terribly short. He sold only one painting during his lifetime, Red Vineyard at Arles, and was little known to the art world at the tim...
