Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey Van Gogh Reproduction, hand-painted in oil on canvas

Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey replica in oil on canvas

Van Gogh Studio is located in Amsterdam, near the Van Gogh museum where we can study the original works. Our paintings are all painted in oil on canvas by mainly Dutch artists who have studied Van Gogh's technique, including brushstrokes, color mixing, atmosphere and the rhythm of painting.

Van Gogh Meets Doctor Felix Rey

Upon an altercation that Van Gogh had with the senior artist Paul Gauguin which went up to the stage of physical threatening, Van Gogh took a razor and severed his left ear, leaving it to bleed. He then bandaged his wound, wrapped up the severed ear in a paper and then delivered it to a woman who was living in a brothel that Gauguin and Van Gogh often visited.

The next morning he was found by a policeman in an unconscious state and was taken to the hospital. It was here that Doctor Felix Rey saw Van Gogh.

While most of the hospital staff started calling Van Gogh a mad man, Rey showed a lot of care while treating him. Dr. Rey was an intern during that time, who later became an expert in tuberculosis and was awarded a silver medal from the ministry of interior for the work he did during a cholera epidemic.

About Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey

Rey was very sympathetic towards his patients. As Van Gogh was mentally anguished, Rey took special care about his well-being and health. Vincent often spoke about Dr. Rey when he wrote letters to Theo, his brother.
 

He took good care of him even during the other two times he was hospitalized in Arles. Even though Dr. Rey was not really a specialist in mental conditions, he did make attempts to advise Vincent against forced incarceration in future.

Rey also supported Vincent while he decided to admit himself into an Asylum at Saint-Remy. Van Gogh considered Dr. Rey as one of the few genuine friends he had, during his last few months.

His kindness appealed very much to Van Gogh, who decided to make his portrait and give it to him as a gift. Although Rey accepted it gracefully, he didn’t really like the portrait. His mother had used it to patch up a hole in the chicken coop until one day an artist bought the painting in 1901.

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• Were there any epidemics during Van Gogh's life?
• How long did Van Gogh stay in the hospital in Arles?

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