Painted in the Dark

In May 1889, Vincent van Gogh voluntarily committed himself to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. His mental health had shattered. He had cut off part of his own ear. The artist who had once burned with creative fire now sat in a small room, uncertain whether he would ever paint with a clear mind again. And yet, from his asylum window, he gazed at the night sky and reached for his brushes.…