Van Gogh would supposedly attempt to commit suicide on July 27, 1890. The popular theory as to why he would do this was his deteriorating mental health. However not one month earlier Van Gogh wrote to his brother stressing a renewed involvement in painting.
"I am giving my canvases my undivided attention. I am trying to do as well as certain painters whom I have greatly loved and admired... Perhaps you will take a look at this sketch of Daubigny's garden — it is one of my most carefully thought-out canvases. I am adding a sketch of some old thatched roofs and the sketches of two size 30 canvases representing vast fields of wheat after the rain”. Vincent Van Gogh
Why would a man so passionate about his art want to kill himself, I ask you?
"I am giving my canvases my undivided attention. I am trying to do as well as certain painters whom I have greatly loved and admired... Perhaps you will take a look at this sketch of Daubigny's garden — it is one of my most carefully thought-out canvases. I am adding a sketch of some old thatched roofs and the sketches of two size 30 canvases representing vast fields of wheat after the rain”. Vincent Van Gogh
Why would a man so passionate about his art want to kill himself, I ask you?