The Letters of Vincent van Gogh van Gogh had completed his second group of "Sunflower" paintings, amongst his most iconic paintings, two of which decorated Gauguin's room, as well as his famous painting "The Yellow House" depicting the house they shared. The letter is unique in being a joint letter from the two, and can be read in both the original French and an English translation at the website of the Van Gogh Museum's edition of the letters. In it they discuss, amongst other matters, their plans to form an artists' commune, possibly abroad. In reality their relationship was always fraught, and by the end of
Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen out - probably in late 1885 - when Van Gogh also added the congregation, and leaves to bare trees. The congregation are in mourning clothes: Van Gogh's father had died in March 1885 It is catalogued as "F25" in Jacob Baart de la Faille's 1928 "The Works of Vincent van Gogh" and as "JH521" in Jan Hulsker's 1978 "The Complete Van Gogh". "Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen" is held by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It was stolen on 7 December 2002, along with Van Gogh's early painting of "Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather", and remained