This is the true story of what happened when MD 2009 Arles is in France and it is famous for being the When Vincent van Gogh went to live in Arles he Vincent van Gogh went to live and work in Arles, place where Vincent van Gogh chose to live and was very lonely. He tried to get together a group France. paint more than e e of artists who would live and paint togethere and 100 years ago. lid lid keep each other company. lid S S At first he rented S 1888 a room in an le le attic above a le The Yellow p p restaurant but p m m the light was som a a bad that he awas House S S forced toS do his painting outside.

Van Gogh painted the landscape of the area Van Gogh painted Slowly he started to make friends with people and Then van Gogh’s brother Theo sent him some around Arles with its trees, hills, bridges and huts. outside this café at they agreed to sit for him so that he could paint money and van Gogh used it to move into the e night. e pictures of them. e “Yellow House”. e id id This is his paintingi dof the id l He hadl lighted postman Josephl Roulin. l S Scandles all around S S This is e e the brim of his hat e e l l so that he could Madamel l p p see to paint! Ginouxp who p m m mowned the m a a a station a S S S restaurant S in Arles.

The Yellow House was painted the colour of butter – Van Gogh really wanted his first guest to be Paul Van Gogh painted At first, Paul Gauguin kept on putting off visiting which was why it was called the Yellow House. Gauguin who was also a painter. a portrait of van Gogh and making excuses but that didn’t put van Gogh off. While he waited, he began to Inside, the walls himself and sent it e e e decorate the Yellow House ready for Gauguin’se were white. d d to Paul Gauguind d There were four li li hopingli that it arrival. li rooms: two on the S S wouldS help to Van S Gogh painted a ground floor that e e e persuade him to epicture of his bedroom van Gogh used as a l l l visit. Van Gogh l and sent a sketch of it studio and a kitchen p p p p to his brother Theo to and two more rooms admired Paul m m m m show how he was using upstairs, a bedrooma a a Gauguin’s work a for van GoghS and S S and wanted to S the money that Theo another bedroom for share his ideas. had sent him. The Yellow House by Vincent van Gogh 1888 a guest. self-portraits by Paul Gauguin

Van Gogh bought He decorated the Inspite of all van Gogh’s preparations, Paul He placed a chair twelve chairs for the walls of the guest Gauguin still put off his visit and van Gogh began on a carpet in the Yellow House. room with his to get anxious. By the time Paul Gauguin finally e Yellow House and e e e beautiful paintings arrived at the Yellow House, van Gogh had d on the seat he put d d d This is ai painting of i of sunflowers.i worked himself up into a state. i l two books and a l l l hisS chair with his S S S burning candle. e pipe and a pouch of e eThis is the painting At first, the arrival of e l tobacco on the seat. l l that van Gogh l Then he painted his his friend calmed van p p p thought was his best. p picture which he Gogh and they spent m In the background is m m m a called Gaugin’sa a their days paintinga a box of onions with S Chair . S S together.S his signature on the box. Night Café by Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh painted a As the weeks passed and the bad weather meant In December, Gauguin painted a picture showing Gauguin fled from the picture of the inside they could no longer paint outside, they were van Gogh painting sunflowers but whenever Yellow House into the park of the café thate they forced to work in van Gogh’s cramped studio.e Gauguin mentioned leaving, van Gogh becamee opposite. e used to go to. upset. d They began to disagree d d d li li Van Gogh got li li and fall out about their S S himself into such S S ideas and paintings. le le a state about le Van Gogh le p p Gauguin wanting p chased Paul p to go home that Gauguin through The picture is madem up of little dots and dashes, m m the park at Arlesm a a Gauguin he threateneda a a new styleS of painting that he was S GauguinS with a still threateningS experimenting with. him with a razor. Van Gogh razor.

Gauguin decided that he couldn’t stay with van Gauguin discovered that van Gogh had returned Gogh any longer so he spent the night in a hotel. to the Yellow House while he was at the hotel and e that van Gogh had sliced off part of his owne ear. A reconstructione d d of Vincentd van The next morningli when Van Gogh was taken to li li hospital and the next Gogh’s bedroom Gauguin returnedS to the S Sat the Yellow Yellow House he was morning, alerted by le Gauguin, Theo arrived le le House. shocked to find the rooms www.ks1resources.co.uk pspattered with blood. on the train. p p am Gauguin lefta them very am S next dayS and van Gogh S Gauguin never saw him again. French link shows changing pictures from 1888