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The first photo shows Vincent's self-portrait, shortly after cutting off, or part, of his ear. The second is a drawing made by Vincent of the Yellow House and below
left is a photo of the same building, photographed just after the second world war. Vincent and Gauguin lived in the section on the right. The adjacent building was a local grocer shop when Vincent was there, and from where he'd buy some of the weekly foood.
At this time, neither painter was regarded as "successful". Yes, Gauguin was the better known and was beginning to establish a reputation, but only within the small circle of painters based mostly in Paris at that time. Vincent, at this time aged 35, had virtually no reputation. His associates saw him as an odd fellow with intriguing ideas. At this point in time, no one would realise that in the next coming months Vincent would be engaged in one of the most astonishing creative moments in art. In the following few months he would produce paintings, such as the one below, that would, in a little over a hundred years later, each sell for millions of pounds.
on the left, Vincent's painting of the "Cafe Terrace on the Place Du Forum, 1888" One of his famous paintings completed in Arles.
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