http://www.vangoghroute.com/france/arles/hospital/
On December 23rd, 1888 Vincent Van Gogh was admitted into the hospital at Arles because he had cut off his ear lobe and handed it to his lover. There he spent a lot of time isolated from everyone and everything he loved. The doctor would not let him paint or see anyone because he had been having many mental brake downs and would lash out against people. As he got better with the visit from his beloved lover Rachel he was seeing a new light. He was allowed to go and visit his home and make sure all his paintings were fine. He eventually ended up taking his sketch book with him to make more drawings to help him heal mentally because it was one of the most important things to Vincent. Since he could not go home and paint he sketched this area and painted it. The painting has so much details to it. The Lighting makes the hospital building pop out and the bushes int he front look great. There is a small person coming from one of the houses that attract the viewers eyes due to the bright color used for the robe. Everything looks like it was put in the right spot for it to be painted and at the right timing.
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