Coordinates: 49°04′21″N 2°10′30″E / 49.0725°N 2.1750°E / 49.0725; 2.1750
Auvers-sur-Oise (French pronunciation: [o/vɛːr/syr/waz]) is a commune in the north-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 27.2 km (16.9 mi). (16.9 miles) from the center of Paris. It is associated with several famous artists, the most prominent being Vincent van Gogh.
[edit] History
Throughout the 19th century a number of painters lived and worked in Auvers-sur-Oise, including Paul Cézanne, Charles-François Daubigny, Camille Pissarro, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and of course, Vincent van Gogh. The house of Daubigny is a museum, where one can see paintings by the artist and his family and friends, such as Honoré Daumier, and rooms decorated at the period. If you walk along the river from Auvers toward Pontoise, you can see a number of views which figured in the paintings of Pisarro.
During the 20th century other artists continued to frequent Auvers, for example Henri Rousseau (Douanier Rousseau) and Otto Freundlich.
On 1 August 1948, 17% of the territory of Auvers-sur-Oise was detached and became the commune of Butry-sur-Oise.
[edit] Van Gogh
Dr. Paul Gachet lived in Auvers-sur-Oise. He was acquainted with the avant-garde artists of the time. Through this connection, Vincent van Gogh 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, was sold at auction for over $80m (£48m) in 1990.[1]
Van Gogh committed suicide by shooting himself in the stomach. The room on the upper floor of the Ravoux Inn where he died has been preserved, although no furniture remains. Auvers-sur-Oise is the final resting place of both Vincent and his brother Theo van Gogh, who died six months later.[1]
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| | Daubigny's Garden, possibly Van Gogh's final painting |
L’Auberge Ravoux, in Auvers-sur-Oise, where Vincent Van Gogh spent his final months and where he died. It is now a restaurant. | View from the staircase leading up to Van Gogh's room in L'Auberge Ravoux |
Vincent and Theo van Gogh's graves in Auvers-sur-Oise |
[edit] Transport
Auvers-sur-Oise is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line: Chaponval and Auvers-sur-Oise.
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 Communes in the metropolitan area of Paris | | | Population over 2 million | | | | Population over 75,000 | | | | Population over 50,000 | | | | Population over 25,000 | | | | Population under 25,000 | 1,459 other communes | |
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