Auvers-sur-Oise (, literally ''Auvers on

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...

'') is a

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in the department of

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

, on the northwestern outskirts of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris. It is associated with several famous artists, the most prominent being

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

. This was also the place where Vincent van Gogh died, apparently by suicide.

Geography

Location

Auvers is located on the right bank of the river

. To the south, it is connected to

Méry-sur-Oise Méry-sur-Oise (, literally ''Méry on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Méry-sur-Oise station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris. Population See also *Commune ...

by a bridge.

Localities

* Chaponval * Cordeville (from Corbeville) * Le Montcel (from ''Monsellus'', small mountain) * Les Vaissenots or Vessenots * Le Valhermeil (from Val ''Hermer'', name of the owner during the 12th century) * Les Vallées

History

During the 19th century, a number of painters lived and worked in Auvers-sur-Oise, including

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...

Charles-François Daubigny Charles-François Daubigny ( , , ; 15 February 181719 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism. He was also a prolific printmaker, mostly in etchin ...

Camille Pissarro Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( , ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but t ...

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot ( , , ; July 16, 1796 – February 22, 1875), or simply Camille Corot, is a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his vast ...

Norbert Goeneutte Norbert Goeneutte (23 July 1854 – 9 October 1894) was a French painter, etcher and illustrator; notably for the novel ''La Terre'' by Émile Zola. Biography He was born in Paris into a family that had moved there from Saint-Omer 1850.

, and

. Daubigny's house is now a museum where one can see paintings by the artist, his family, and friends, such as

Honoré Daumier Honoré-Victorin Daumier (; February 26, 1808February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second N ...

, as well as rooms decorated in period style. Charles Sprague Pearce (1851-1914) died there also. Along the river walk from Auvers toward Pontoise are a number of views which featured in the paintings of Pissarro. During the 20th century artists continued to frequent Auvers, including

Henri Rousseau Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910)
at the Otto Freundlich Otto Freundlich (10 July 1878 – 9 March 1943) was a German painter and sculptor of Jewish origin. A part of the first generation of abstract painters in Western art, Freundlich was a great admirer of cubism. Life Freundlich was born in ...

and

Pierre Daboval Pierre Daboval (3 July 1918 – 11 May 2015) was a French artist. Daboval studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, the Académie Julian and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, 'plucking here and there from the teachings, until I had enoug ...

. The COBRA artist

Corneille Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronag ...

spent his last years in the village and is buried a few metres from Vincent van Gogh.

Population

Administration

On 1 August 1948, 17% of the territory of Auvers-sur-Oise was detached and became the commune of

Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Valmondois station, situated in the commune, has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris. Local attractions * Musée des tramways à ...

. The current mayor is Isabelle Mézières. She was first elected in 2014, and was then re-elected in March 2020. Auvers town hall

Culture

Monuments

The creation of the church dates back to the 11th century. Louis VI le Gros (1081-1137) owned a manor in Auvers, where he often used to come to hunt. In 1131 his son, Philippe, who was the crown prince, accidentally fell from his horse and died. A chapel was erected for his burial place and this subsequently became the church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption: in 1915 it was listed as a historic monument. Together with the royal manor, they represent a major historical piece of the heritage of the city, where many famous painters came during the 19th century, such as Daubigny, Bourges, Bernard, Pearce, Bastard, Boggio or Wickenden. Image:Église Auvers.jpg, Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Image:Croix Montcel Auvers.jpg, Croix du Montcel Image: Statue Daubigny Auvers.jpg, Statue of Charles-François Daubigny

Museums

* The musée Daubigny, located in the Colombières manor, was created in 1986 by the Tourist Office. The museum owns about a hundred works by Daubigny, such as paintings, drawings and engravings. The artist arrived in Auvers in the 1860s and stayed there for 18 years. He had a workshop boat called the "Botin", where he used to paint fluvial landscapes and sailed with his son, Karl. Then, many of his friends also came to Auvers to paint the landscapes. The museum mainly deals with pre-Impressionism. It has been a municipal museum since 2012. * The musée de l'absinthe (Absinthe museum), located on the street rue Callé, deals with the history of the drink.

Van Gogh

Dr.

Paul Gachet Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise. Gachet was a great supporter of artists and the Impressionist movement ...

lived in Auvers-sur-Oise. He was acquainted with the avant-garde artists of the time. Through this connection,

moved to Auvers to be treated by him, though he considered the doctor to be in a worse state than himself. Gachet befriended Van Gogh and was the subject of two portraits, one of which, ''

Portrait of Dr. Gachet ''Portrait of Dr. Gachet'' is one of the most revered paintings by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, a homeopathic doctor and artist with whom van Gogh resided following a spell in an asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Prove ...

'', was sold at auction for over $80m (£48m) in 1990. Van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. The room on the upper floor of the

Auberge Ravoux The Auberge Ravoux is a French historic landmark located in the heart of the village of Auvers-sur-Oise. It is known as the House of Van Gogh (''Maison de Van Gogh'') because the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh spent the last 70 days of his life ...

where he died has been preserved, although no furniture remains. The Institut Van Gogh owns Auberge Ravoux, organizes the visits of Van Gogh's room and has opened a restaurant in the dining room. Auvers-sur-Oise is the final resting place of both Vincent and his brother Theo van Gogh, who died six months later. Image:Auberge_ravoux auvers-sur-oise.jpg, L’Auberge Ravoux, where Vincent van Gogh spent his final months and where he died. It is now a restaurant. Image:Van Gogh Final View - Window by Attic Room Deathbed.jpg, View from the staircase leading up to Van Gogh's room in L'Auberge Ravoux Image:Grave_of_Vincent_van_Gogh.jpg, Vincent and Theo van Gogh's graves in Auvers-sur-Oise. Image:Vincent van Gogh - The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View from the Chevet - Google Art Project.jpg, '' Church of Auvers-sur-Oise'' by

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'' by Vincent van Gogh Image:Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) - Wheat Field with Crows (1890).jpg, ''

Wheat Field with Crows ''Wheatfield with Crows'' ( nl, Korenveld met kraaien) is a July 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh. It has been cited by several critics as one of his greatest works. It is commonly stated that this was van Gogh's final painting because Vincen ...

'', one of Van Gogh's last paintings Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 021.jpg, ''Daubigny's Garden'', possibly Van Gogh's final painting File:Camille Pissarro A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise The Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg,

,
''A Cowherd at Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise'',

The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 F ...

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, ''View of Auvers-sur-Oise'', 1873–75

Transport

Auvers-sur-Oise is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line: Chaponval and Auvers-sur-Oise. The stations both lie on the line

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dépa ...

Creil Creil is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. The Creil station is an important railway junction. History Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging to ...

. Between April and October, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, direct trains go from Paris

Gare du Nord The Gare du Nord (; English: ''station of the North'' or ''Northern Station''), officially Paris-Nord, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. The station accommodates the trains that run between the capital ...

to Auvers. Gare Auvers

Auvers is also served by two bus lines : 95 07 and 95 17.

References

External links

The Complete Works of Vincent van GoghFollowing Vincent Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-OiseAssociation of Mayors of the Val d’Oise

Musée d'Aubigny
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