The site of Van Gogh’s last painting has been discovered as Auvers-sur-Oise, village north of Paris where the artist died. “Having worked for hours on a painting which shows a preoccupation with the relentless struggle between life and death, Van Gogh, feeling alone and seeing no alternative, decided to find his earthly rest with the setting sun, on the outskirts of the village with a view of a freshly harvested wheatfield,” says researcher Wouter van der Veen.
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