Van Gogh in Paris in March 1886 in the studio of Fernand Corman, where he studied together an apartment in the Rue de Laval Theo in Montmartre. In June, they have to climb a higher level at 54 rue Lepic. Since there is no need to communicate by letters, less is about the time of Van Gogh in Paris known as sooner or later in life. He painted several scenes of Paris street in Montmartre and other places, such as bridges over the Seine at Asnieres (1887). During his stay in Paris, with Japanese ukiyo-e prints in the woods met. His interest in this work, the dates of your stay in Antwerp in 1885, when used to decorate the walls of his study. He has collected hundreds of specimens, and several of his paintings in the background can be seen. In his portrait of 1887 shows Tanguy already exposed several on the wall behind the character. shown in the courtesan or Oiran (after iron Kesai) 91 887), Van Gogh reproduction of an illustration on the cover of Paris, then expanded in his painting. Plum Blossom (after Hiroshige) 1888 is another good example of Van Gogh's admiration for Japanese prints he collected. Your version is a bit more courage than the original.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Portrait of Vincent van Gogh (1887), drawing with pastels, Van Gogh MuseumFor months worked for Van Gogh in Corman, where he attended the circle of Anglo-Australian artist John Peter Russell, and met their Bernard Miles and Louis Anquetin and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who created a portrait of Van Gogh in pastel shades. The group met in the paint store run by Julien Pre Tanguy, who was seen at this time the only place to the works of Paul Czanne. It would be easy access to all the works of Impressionism in Paris to have time. In 1886, two exhibitions of art, were fantastic. In these shows Neo-Impressionism their first appearanceworks Georges Seurat and Paul Signac were the talk of the town. Although accustomed to Theo, a stock of Impressionist paintings in his gallery Montmarteby Boulevard artists such as Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Edgar Degas, Camille PissarroVincent apparently had difficulties to recognize the evolution as an artist and see the image of the region. Conflicts have arisen, and the end of 1886 was Theo shared life with Vincent almost unbearable. In the spring of 1887 had peace. He then moved to Asnires There he met Signac. With his friend Emile Bernard, who lived with his parents in Asnires, took elements of pointillism, where many small dots are applied to the canvas to give an optical mixture of colors, from a distance. The theory behind this style focuses on the value of complementarity colorsincluding orangewhich a vibrant blue and contrasts, and support one another when compared. In November 1887, Theo and Vincent met and befriended Paul Gauguin, who had just arrived in Paris. Towards the end of the year, Van Gogh has organized an exhibition of paintings by himself, Bernard, Anquetin and, probably, Toulouse-Lautrec in Montmartre in the lodge restaurant. It Anquetin Bernard and sold his first oil painting, Van Gogh and Gauguin soon left the division of labor in Pont-Aven. Discussions about art, artists, and social situations in this show started continued and expanded to include visitors at the fair, that Lucien Pissarro and his son, Signac and Seurat.
Finally, in February 1888, tired of living in Paris, was after he painted over 200 paintings during his two years in the city. hours before his departure with Theo, he paid his first and only visit to Seurat in his studio.