Vincent van Gogh’s forgotten years in Britain

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As Tate Britain celebrates the Dutch impressionist’s time spent in London, Alastair Smart looks back at an oft-overlooked period

1886, oil on canvas. The mysterious, so-called 'Lausanne' Sunflowers – the first Arles Sunflowers painting – with turquoise background. It was created in the summer of 1886 at Van Gogh's studio at Arles, north of Marseille in Provence. It has not been show to the public since 1948.1889, oil on canvas. This painting depicts the view from the window of Van Gogh's asylum room of Saint-Remy-de-Provence. It is one of the most recognised paintings in the history of Western culture.

 

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