In 1889, Vincent Van Gogh admitted himself to the Hospital Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy, France following a mental health crisis, during which he cut off his earlobe. The hospital proved to be a source of solace and inspiration for Van Gogh, where he created over 150 paintings during his yearlong stay. In this talk, Teio Meedendorp, of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, will discuss the history of the Hospital Saint-Paul and the magnificent body of work, including the Getty Irises, that Van Gogh made in and around the Hospital’s premises.
Van Gogh's Shelter: The Hospital Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy
About
Speaker Bio
Teio Meedendorp
Senior Researcher, Van Gogh Museum
Teio Meedendorp's interests focus on Van Gogh’s drawings, authenticity issues and everything connected to the places where Van Gogh lived and worked. Before he joined the Van Gogh Museum in 2009, he worked at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, where he was a co-author of the collection catalogue of Van Gogh’s paintings (2003) and responsible for the collection catalogue of Van Gogh’s drawings (2007). At the Van Gogh Museum he contributed to a wide range of publications, such as Van Gogh’s Studio Practice (2013), The Great Van Gogh Atlas (2015), Van Gogh and the Olive Groves (Dallas & Amsterdam 2021-2022), Vincent van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months (Amsterdam & Paris 2023), and Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde (Chicago & Amsterdam 2023).
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