page_title: Vincent van Gogh chronology
section_title: 1886
hierarchical_section_title: Vincent van Gogh chronology / 1886
caption_attribution_description: English: Rue Lepic 54, Paris Français&#160;: 54, Rue Lepic, Paris Nederlands: Rue Lepic 54, Parijs
context_page_description: This is a chronology of the artist Vincent van Gogh. It is based as far as possible on Van Gogh's correspondence. However, it has only been possible to construct the chronology by drawing on additional sources. Most of his letters are not dated and it was only in 1973 that a sufficient dating was established by Jan Hulsker, subsequently revised by Ronald Pickvance and marginally corrected by others. Many other relevant dates in the chronology derive from the biographies of his brother Theo, his uncle and godfather Cent, his friends Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin, and others.
  Facts and dates which are undisputed, remain unreferenced.
  Contents:
  1850 1851 1852 1853 1855 1857 1859
  1861 1862 1864 1866 1867 1868 1869
  1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
  1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
  1890 1891
  Footnotes
  References
  External links
context_section_description: January 18: enrolls in Antwerp Academy of Art (Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) for the winter term 1885-1886 in the Antique class.
  February
  early March: arrives in Paris and asks Theo to see him in the Louvre.  Moves in with Theo in his apartment in Rue de Laval.
  March - June (?): studies for three months at studio of Fernand Cormon.
  April 3: relegated by the council of the Antwerp Academy to the entrance course; by this time Van Gogh is already in Paris.
  May 15: Opening of the 8th Impressionist exhibition; running through June 15.
  June: the Van Gogh brothers move from Rue de Laval to a larger apartment, Rue Lepic 54.
  August: Theo is on vacation in the Netherlands; discusses with family and uncles his plan to establish an art gallery of his own. Meanwhile, Vincent falls ill, and for some time Andries Bonger shares the apartment to care for Vincent and "S.," Theo's mistress.
  August 19 or 26: Theo is back in Paris.
  August 21: Opening of the 2nd exhibition of the Artistes Indépendants; running through September 21.
  October 25: Van Gogh proposes an exchange of works with Charles Angrand.
caption: The house where Vincent and Theo van Gogh lived: 54, Rue Lepic in Paris
exif: {"Image XPAuthor": "Vincent de Groot"}