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'The Yellow House' focuses on the nine turbulent weeks that Van Gogh and Gauguin spent together in Arles in 1888. The author recreates the everyday details of the extremely productive time in the lives of the two great artists. During their time together, Gauguin gradually became aware that Van Gogh was 'teetering on the edge of derangement'. There is quite often a fine line between genius and insanity. Over the years, many writers and critics have debated the exact cause of Van Gogh's inner

From October to December 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a home in Arles with Vincent van Gogh. This was, without doubt, the most celebrated cohabitation in art history: never, before or since have two such towering artistic talents been penned up in so small a space. They were the Odd Couple of art history. Predictably, the results were explosive

On December 23 rd, while feverishly working on a painting, Van Gogh suffered a mental attack and cut off part of his ear with a razor. He then wrapped the ear in newspaper and took it to a local brothel with instructions to give it to one of the women. Gauguin, alarmed at Van Gogh's deteriorating state, had spent the night in a hotel

Van Gogh was beginning to gain popularity by 1903, and Gauguin was jealous that his own reputation would soon be surpassed by that of his Yellow House colleague. A letter from Paul Gauguin to Vincent van Gogh, as well as a letter from Paul Gauguin to Vincent van Gogh, serve as a record of the painter's turbulent relationship with his friend