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During the 19th century, a number of painters lived and worked in Auvers-sur-Oise, including Paul Cézanne, Charles-François Daubigny, Camille Pissarro, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Vincent van Gogh. Daubigny's house is now a museum where one can see paintings by the artist, his family, and friends, such as Honoré Daumier, as well as rooms decorated in period style.

If you walk along the river from Auvers toward Pontoise you can see a number of views which figured in the paintings of Pissarro.

During the 20th century artists continued to frequent Auvers, including Henri Rousseau (Douanier Rousseau), Otto Freundlich and Pierre Daboval. The COBRA artist Corneille spent his last years in the village and is buried a few meters from Vincent van Gogh

Dr. Paul Gachet lived in Auvers-sur-Oise. He was acquainted with the avant-garde artists of the time. Through this connection, Vincent van Gogh moved to Auvers to be treated by him, though he considered the doctor to be in a worse state than himself. Gachet befriended Van Gogh and was the subject of two portraits, one of which, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, was sold at auction for over $80m (£48m) in 1990.

Van Gogh died by a gunshot to the chest. The room on the upper floor of the Auberge Ravoux where he died has been preserved, although no furniture remains. Auvers-sur-Oise is the final resting place of both Vincent and his brother Theo van Gogh, who died six months later

Artists of the Artists' Colony

Historical Artists

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (*1796 – 1875)
Charles-François Daubigny (*1817 – 1878)
Camille Pissarro (*1830 – 1903)
Léonide Bourges (*1838 – 1909)
Paul Cézanne (*1839 – 1906)
Vincent Willem van Gogh (*1853 – 1890)

Charles Francois Daubigny, Bateaux sur la cote a Etaples, 1871 - Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Artists' Colony

Artists of the Artists' Colony

Historical Artists

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