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On Sunday, the second of January, though it was cold, dark, dismal and drizzling, we wanted to get out for some fresh air and a bit of a stroll, after all the holiday over-indulgences, so la Grenouille didn't object when I proposed we go pay a visit and homage to Vincent van Gogh's, and his brother Theo's tombs in the graveyard at Auvers sur Oise, just north of Paris. They both died young, 37 and 33 respectively, and in tragic circumstances. At least Vincent's paintings survived. I wonder what Vincent and Theo would think if they knew what the paintings sell for today.
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The adjacent tomb had a rose growing there, sending out runners above Vincent and Theo's headstones.
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The church at Auvers sur Oise was the subject for at least one magnificent painting, of which a print hangs on a lightpost behind the church. The original is in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
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