This weeks entry is from Saint Remy de Provence in France. This is renowned as the place where Vincent Van Gogh resided at the asylum – Saint-Paul de Mausolée Asylum – in 1889. This was just after the episode in which he cut off his ear. He wished to be confined here and found the atmosphere serene and understanding. He loved the beauty of the place which inspired him to paint 143 oils and over 100 drawings in the space of 53 weeks. Some of his most popular paintings from this period are “Starry Night”, “Olive Orchard”, “The Irises” and “The First Steps” amongst many others.
Next to the hospital is a monastery and this picture was taken on one side of the cloisters looking towards a wooden door.
It is still a working mental hospital today.
For more fabulous monochrome images hosted by Leanne Cole and Laura Macky, please go to Leanne’s blog here.
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Your b&w captured the majesty of the Saint Remy de Provence! Von Gogh is my favorite artist. I did a post about him some months ago.
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Thanks Amy, a beautiful place to visit and the monastery/asylum very interesting It was so nice to see where Van Gogh got his inspiration in the surrounds of St Remy.
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Great shots of the cloisters….
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Thanks Sue I seem to be on a cloisters bent lately 🙂 purely accidental.
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I love cloisters, especially when the light casts shadows through the pillars…..but all too often I get a dull, grey, overcast day!
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Beautiful photos, all, Karen, but the B&W with the glorious light and shadows is fantastic! Great choice for MM!
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Thanks Stacy very much 🙂
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Very well captured… 🙂
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Thanks very much 🙂
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I love monasteries!! and these photos!!
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Thanks Cybele. These old monasteries have so much character and beauty its a photographers delight 🙂
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Wonderful Karen. I’m always in awe of those ‘cloisters’ photos that I see. One day I might actually take one myself. 🙂
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