Timeline Sunday 27 July 1890

Events on Sunday 27 July 1890 1

• 1890 Van Gogh shoots himself Dies age 37 — only one painting sold in his lifetime Van Gogh shot himself in a wheat field in Auvers-sur-Oise on July 27, 1890, dying two days later on July 29. He was 37. He had sold only one painting in his lifetime. His brother Theo died six months later.