# The best Vincent van Gogh paintings

Van Gogh's most loved works, ranked from what art experts and voters keep naming. Most were painted in his last two years, 1888-1890.

- 109 votes · 18 items
- Oct 9, 2024 · Spencer
- https://even.best/en/l/2183/the-best-vincent-van-gogh-paintings

## Top 18

1. **Almond Blossom** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — 1890, painted to celebrate the birth of his nephew. Van Gogh Museum.
2. **The Starry Night** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1889, painted from his asylum window in Saint-Rémy. MoMA, New York.
3. **Starry Night Over the Rhône** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1888, the river at Arles with gas lamps reflected. Musée d'Orsay.
4. **Café Terrace at Night** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1888, a night scene with no black paint. Kröller-Müller Museum.
5. **Wheatfield with Crows** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1890, one of his very last canvases. Van Gogh Museum.
6. **Sunflowers** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 1888, the series he painted to decorate Gauguin's room in Arles.
7. **Irises** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1889, from the asylum garden. Getty Center, Los Angeles.
8. **The Mulberry Tree** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1889, a burst of yellow and orange from Saint-Rémy. Norton Simon Museum.
9. **The Yellow House** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — 1888, the house in Arles where he dreamed of an artists' colony.
10. **Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1889, painted just after the crisis of December 1888. Courtauld, London.
11. **The Night Café** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — 1888, clashing reds and greens in an all-night bar. Yale University Art Gallery.
12. **The Bedroom** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1888, his room in the Yellow House; he made three versions.
13. **Portrait of Dr. Gachet** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1890, the doctor who looked after him in Auvers; once the world's priciest painting.
14. **The Church at Auvers** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1890, a wobbling church under a deep blue sky. Musée d'Orsay.
15. **The Potato Eaters** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1885, his dark Dutch-period masterpiece of peasant life.
16. **Self-Portrait (1889, Musée d'Orsay)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Blue swirls behind him; one of his last self-portraits.
17. **Olive Trees** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — 1889, part of the olive grove series he painted at the asylum.
18. **Wheat Field with Cypresses** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1889, swirling sky over golden wheat. Several versions, one at the Met.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.