Vincent van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” sold for a then-record $82.5 million in 1990 to art collector Ryoei Saito. Nearly 30 years later, it has never been seen publicly again.

Over the years, Portrait of Dr. Gachet has become one of Vincent van Gogh's most recognizable works. But beneath the brushstrokes, there may be a mystery of jealousy, fraud, and the death of a ...

Near the end of his life, Dr. Gachet urged van Gogh to resume painting because through his art he would find ways of unburdening himself. by Michael Glover July 11, 2023 June 27, 2025.

When the hammer fell at Christie’s in Manhattan on May 15, 1990, a Vincent van Gogh painting, “Portrait of Dr. Gachet,” set the record at the time for the most expensive work of art ever ...

Vincent Van Gogh, “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” (1890) is the first of two versions of the portrait and the one that went to auction in 1990. (image via Wikipedia) ...

Van Gogh noted to his youngest sister, Wilhelmina, "I have found a true friend in Dr. Gachet, something like another brother, so much do we resemble each other physically and also mentally." ...

Dr Gachet’s interest in Van Gogh’s skull was because of his belief in phrenology, the now discredited idea that the shape of a person’s skull reveals something of their personality.

The company of Dr. Gachet and his circle of acquaintances, many of whom were artists, helped only temporarily. Soon, feelings of loneliness and depression returned, and, tragically, van Gogh took ...

His doctor and mentor, Paul Gachet, a gendarme, and his brother Theo were summoned the following day. They could do little. Van Gogh died shortly after one o’clock on the morning of July 29.

Though he had spent the previous year at an asylum in France, Vincent van Gogh arrived in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris, in an optimistic mood. It was here, in 1890, that he ...

Auvers, the town that inspired Vincent van Gogh, is a poignant reminder of his creativity – and his tragic death. Jump to content. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ... Dr Gachet’s House.