At the toughest time of his life, the painter was supported by an unlikely soulmate, Joseph Roulin, a postman in Arles. It was a friendship that would benefit art history.

The work depicts the garden in Place Lamartine, which lay between the artist’s Yellow House and the ancient ramparts of Arles. Van Gogh called it the “poet’s garden”, since he imagined ...

Van Gogh moved into the now-famous Yellow House, the home and studio in which he would paint the Roulins, Sunflowers and The ...

And it's in this spirit that Van Gogh, a newcomer with "a big heart", welcomed new connections. Before moving into the yellow house next door, now known so well inside and out, Van Gogh rented a ...