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The Yellow House

Vincent van Gogh · September 1888

A painting of the Arles house van Gogh rented as his studio, later destroyed in the Second World War.

Painted by van Gogh of the house he rented in Arles as his 'Studio of the South', now destroyed.

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Painting of a yellow two-story house on a corner in a sunlit town street under a deep blue sky. A green tree is at left, a pink awning hangs over a shop front, and several small figures walk on the sandy road.
Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

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What it is

The Yellow House is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh made in September 1888. It shows the house at 2 Place Lamartine, Arles, where van Gogh rented rooms to live and work, along with the surrounding street and buildings. It is held by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Why it matters

Van Gogh described the painting in a letter to his brother Theo, explaining his wish to capture the house under a strong sun and blue sky. The guest room shown was later used by Paul Gauguin during his nine-week stay. The house itself was destroyed by bombing in 1944, making this painting one of the only records of what it looked like, and a reminder of van Gogh's hopes to create a shared

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