"Vincent had a really tough time before he came to Auvers. Once there, the painter entered one of his most productive periods. The painter arrived in Auvers full of hope and fresh enthusiasm, mainly because of the presence of Dr Gachet, a physician specialising in the treatment of "melancholia". Van Gogh arrived in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris on May 20, 1890, after spending time in Arles and Saint-Remy-de-Provence in southern France, where he already struggled with bouts of mental illness. What makes the exhibition unique is that all its paintings are arranged in chronological order, from the first painting when Vincent arrived in the village until his very last work, Tree Roots, painted two days before his death. The painting Dr Paul Gachet, which the museum's researchers said was made on June 6 and 7, 1890, is one of eight works provided by the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, along with The Church At Auvers. "During that period, he worked like a man possessed," producing some of his best works including the ominous Wheat Field With Crows and the melancholic portrait of his friend and physician Dr Paul Gachet. "It is fair to say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition about Van Gogh's very last period, his last 70 days," museum director Emilie Gordenker said at a press preview on Wednesday. More than 30 drawings are also featured among the works that have been loaned from museums and private collections all over the world and have never previously been shown together, curators said. The show at the Van Gogh Museum in the Dutch capital, which opens on Friday, features 50 of the 74 works produced in his frenzied last days in Auvers-sur-Oise, just northwest of Paris, before his death at the age of 37. Vincent van Gogh's feverish final months in a French village, when he churned out masterpieces even as he spiralled into despair, are the subject of a one-off exhibition opening this week in Amsterdam.
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