The Painter on the Road to Tarascon is a self-portrait Vincent van Gogh painted in 1888, showing himself walking the sunlit road to Tarascon burdened with his easel, canvas, and painting sticks, a scene he described in a letter as a quick sketch of himself laden with boxes on the sunny Tarascon road. The painting belonged to the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum in Germany and was moved for safekeeping to a salt mine at Stassfurt during the Second World War, where fires broke out in April 1945 after American forces arrived; the work is listed as missing by the Monuments Men Foundation and is believed destroyed.
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LocationMissing since 1945, last held at Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Stassfurt 1 Listed as missing and believed destroyed in 1945; no current location is known. Year Created Medium
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1888
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Later, in April 1945, fires broke out at the mine after American forces reached the site.
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is an 1888 painting
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The Painter on the Road to Tarascon, also known as Painter on His Way to Work, is an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh that is believed to have been destroyed during the Second World War during an air raid in Germany.
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