Imagine you are an aspiring young artist living in this small burg outside of Paris. VanGogh and Gauguin come to town and because you have made yourself useful –picking up sandwiches and coffee—they now trust you. You have become an apprentice, stretching canvas, cleaning brushes and generally helping out.

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Self-Portrait Dedicated to Vincent van Gogh (Les Misérables), 1888. Oil on canvas. 45 x55 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)