The best Vincent van Gogh paintings
The top 3 according to 109 votes from people: Almond Blossom · The Starry Night · Starry Night Over the Rhône. (Updated Oct 9, 2024.)
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.
Top 18
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1
Almond Blossom
1890, painted to celebrate the birth of his nephew. Van Gogh Museum.
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2
The Starry Night
1889, painted from his asylum window in Saint-Rémy. MoMA, New York.
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3
Starry Night Over the Rhône
1888, the river at Arles with gas lamps reflected. Musée d'Orsay.
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4
Café Terrace at Night
1888, a night scene with no black paint. Kröller-Müller Museum.
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5
Wheatfield with Crows
1890, one of his very last canvases. Van Gogh Museum.
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6
Sunflowers
1888, the series he painted to decorate Gauguin's room in Arles.
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7
Irises
1889, from the asylum garden. Getty Center, Los Angeles.
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8
The Mulberry Tree
1889, a burst of yellow and orange from Saint-Rémy. Norton Simon Museum.
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9
The Yellow House
1888, the house in Arles where he dreamed of an artists' colony.
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10
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
1889, painted just after the crisis of December 1888. Courtauld, London.
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The Night Café
1888, clashing reds and greens in an all-night bar. Yale University Art Gallery.
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12
The Bedroom
1888, his room in the Yellow House; he made three versions.
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13
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
1890, the doctor who looked after him in Auvers; once the world's priciest painting.
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14
The Church at Auvers
1890, a wobbling church under a deep blue sky. Musée d'Orsay.
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15
The Potato Eaters
1885, his dark Dutch-period masterpiece of peasant life.
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16
Self-Portrait (1889, Musée d'Orsay)
Blue swirls behind him; one of his last self-portraits.
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17
Olive Trees
1889, part of the olive grove series he painted at the asylum.
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18
Wheat Field with Cypresses
1889, swirling sky over golden wheat. Several versions, one at the Met.
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Comments (1)
Almond Blossom being this low is a crime. Saw it in Amsterdam and just stood there for like 10 minutes