7. The sixth exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants was held in the Pavillon de la Ville de Paris on the Champs-Elysées from 20 March to 27 April 1890. Van Gogh exhibited ten paintings. See exhib. cat. Paris 1890-2, p. 41, cat. nos. 832-841. Eight of these can be identified on the basis of the titles in the catalogue. ‘Le cyprès’ must be
Cypresses (
F 613 / JH 1746 ![Vincent van Gogh - Cypresses (F 613 / JH 1746) (Click to view image) [2807]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
), considering that Van Gogh intended to give his second painting of this subject,
F 620 / JH 1748 ![Vincent van Gogh - Cypresses (F 620 / JH 1748) (Click to view image) [2809]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
, to Aurier (
see letter 853). ‘Rue à Saint-Rémy’ is
Road menders (‘The tall plane trees’) (
F 657 / JH 1860 ![Vincent van Gogh - Road menders (‘The tall plane trees’) (F 657 / JH 1860) (Click to view image) [2872]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
); the other version,
F 658 / JH 1861 ![Vincent van Gogh - Road menders (‘The tall plane trees’) (F 658 / JH 1861) (Click to view image) [2873]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
, was still with Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy (
see letter 834). ‘Les Alpines’ is
Ravine (
F 662 / JH 1804 ![Vincent van Gogh - Ravine (F 662 / JH 1804) (Click to view image) [2853]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
); the second version,
F 661 / JH 1871 ![Vincent van Gogh - Ravine (F 661 / JH 1871) (Click to view image) [2881]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
, was still with Van Gogh (
see letter 836). ‘Promenade à Arles’ is most likely
Avenue of chestnut trees in blossom (
F 517 / JH 1689 ![Vincent van Gogh - Avenue of chestnut trees in blossom (F 517 / JH 1689) (Click to view image) [2785]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
), which Theo thought very beautiful and referred to by the same title in
letter 793 (as well as in the list recorded below). ‘Mûrier en automne’ is
Mulberry tree (
F 637 / JH 1796 ![Vincent van Gogh - Mulberry tree (F 637 / JH 1796) (Click to view image) [2847]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
). ‘Sous bois’ is
Trees with ivy in the garden of the asylum (
F 609 / JH 1693 ![Vincent van Gogh - Trees with ivy in the garden of the asylum (F 609 / JH 1693) (Click to view image) [2789]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
), and ‘Lever de soleil en Provence’ is
Wheatfield at sunrise (
F 737 / JH 1862 ![Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield at sunrise (F 737 / JH 1862) (Click to view image) [2874]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
); the last two canvases were being shown at that time at the exhibition of Les Vingt in Brussels. ‘Les Tournesols’ is either
Sunflowers in a vase (
F 454 / JH 1562 ![Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers in a vase (F 454 / JH 1562) (Click to view image) [2704]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
) or
Sunflowers in a vase (
F 456 / JH 1561 ![Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers in a vase (F 456 / JH 1561) (Click to view image) [2703]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
), which were also shown at the exhibition of Les Vingt.
The other two canvases, ‘Paysage montagneux en Provence’ and ‘Verger d’oliviers en Provence’ can also be identified with certainty, thanks to a list that Theo made on the back of a letter from
Dr Peyron dated 24 February 1890 (see FR b1062; Hulsker 1971, pp. 42-43). In addition to the above-mentioned titles, which were listed in the catalogue in the order given by Theo, he wrote down ‘Champs de blé (avec les nuages tourmenté)’ (Wheatfields (with billowy clouds)) and ‘Oliviers (soleil couchant)’ (Olive trees (setting sun)). These descriptive titles tell us that the paintings in question were
Wheatfield after a storm (
F 611 / JH 1723 ![Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield after a storm (F 611 / JH 1723) (Click to view image) [2796]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
) and
Olive grove (
F 586 / JH 1854 ![Vincent van Gogh - Olive grove (F 586 / JH 1854) (Click to view image) [2868]](/vg/interface/artworkref.png)
), which Vincent himself described as ‘Olive trees. Orange and green sunset sky’ (
see letter 834).