Van Gogh's Bedroom

February 1888. Vincent Van Gogh stepped off the train in Arles leaving the distractions of Paris for a quieter life in southern France. At thirty-four, he had lived in over thirty places in twenty-one cities and four countries-none that he could call his own. He would find 'home' in The Yellow House, shared for a brief time with Paul Gauguin. On the eve of Gauguin's arrival in October, Van Gogh painted his empty bedroom, a symbol of hope and stability that the newly optimistic artist was finally achieving.