Van Gogh: Legend of plastic art dies on this day in 1890

CAIRO – 29 July 2021: July 29 marks the death anniversary of the international artist Van Gogh, who passed away in the year 1890.

Van Gogh is considered one of the most talented people in the world of plastic art and has many works that have turned into artistic treasures with time.

It is commonly known that Van Gogh was able to paint the most beautiful and famous paintings during his time in the mental hospital. The tale goes back to May 1889, when Van Gogh felt declining mental health and examined himself at the Hospital Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, a neurological and psychiatric hospital located in a former convent in the town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France.

Van Gogh was diagnosed with seizures, but researchers at the time suggested a range of alternative diagnoses, including bipolar disorder, alcoholism, and acute intermittent porphyria, a diseased disorder. 

Indeed, Van Gogh stayed in the hospital for a year, during which he painted views of its gardens as well as the surrounding countryside, according to History.

The paintings he painted during his stay in the hospital exceeded 100 and are some of his most famous works such as "The Starry Night" acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1941, and “Irises”, which was bought by an Australian man in 1987 for a then-record sum of $53.9 million. Since 1990, the painting has been owned by the J. Paul Getty Museum that purchased it for an undisclosed amount.