On December 23, 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cut off the lower part of his left ear with a razor.

Visiting the French city of ­Arles, it's easy to absorb Vincent van Gogh's story. In February 1888, the Dutch artist left Paris for Provence. Coming from the gray skies and flat lands of the north, he ...

When Vincent Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888, he found an ancient Provencal town on the banks of the Rhone littered with Roman remains and drenched, even in winter, in Mediterranean light.

In the winter of 1888, Vincent Van Gogh came to the conclusion that he could no longer live and paint in Paris. Writing to his brother, he lamented: It seems to me almost impossible to be able to work ...

In February 1888, it took Vincent van Gogh 18 hours to reach Arles from Paris by train. Once there, he found a room at the Hotel Carrel just inside the city’s medieval walls and began to paint. The ...

In the months after Van Gogh mutilated his ear, he created just two paintings of the hospital in Arles in which he stayed. By a stroke of good fortune, both were bought in the 1920s by the Swiss ...

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam acquired a letter co-written by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin—about visiting brothels in Arles, France—for €210,600 ($236,700) at Drouot in Paris yesterday. “Now ...

‘Van Gogh and the Roulins. Together Again at Last’ at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is one of the most significant Van Gogh exhibitions in years, offering visitors a rare chance to see the Roulin ...

Vincent van Gogh created ‘Starry Night Over the Rhône’ when living in the city of Arles in Provence (Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Patrice Schmidt) Arles has burst out of its medieval walls ...