Editing Vincent van Gogh (section)

====1890 Exhibitions and recognition====

{{See also|Vincent van Gogh's display at Les XX, 1890}}

[[Albert Aurier]] praised his work in the ''[[Mercure de France]]'' in January 1890 and described him as "a genius".{{sfnp|Pickvance|1986|loc=Appendix III, 310–315|ps = . Aurier's original 1890 review in French with parallel English translation.}} In February, Van Gogh painted five versions of ''[[L'Arlésienne (painting)|L'Arlésienne]] (Madame Ginoux)'', based on a charcoal sketch Gauguin had produced when she sat for both artists in November 1888.{{sfnp|Pickvance|1986|loc=175–177}}{{efn|group=note|The version intended for Ginoux is lost. It was an attempt to deliver this painting to her in Arles that precipitated his February relapse.{{sfnp|Hulsker|1990|loc= 440}}}} Also in February, Van Gogh was invited by ''[[Les XX]]'', a society of [[avant-garde]] painters in Brussels, to participate in [[Vincent van Gogh's display at Les XX, 1890|their annual exhibition]]. At the opening dinner a ''Les XX'' member, [[Henry de Groux]], insulted Van Gogh's work. Toulouse-Lautrec demanded satisfaction, and Signac declared he would continue to fight for Van Gogh's honour if Lautrec surrendered. De Groux apologised for the slight and left the group.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=The London |date=7 June 2021 |title=Essay {{!}} The Madman and the Dwarf: Van Gogh and Lautrec by Jeffrey Meyers |url=https://thelondonmagazine.org/essay-the-madman-and-the-dwarf-van-gogh-and-lautrec-by-jeffrey-meyer/ |access-date=4 October 2024 |website=The London Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

From 20 March to 27 April 1890, Van Gogh was included in the sixth exhibition of the Société des Artistes Indépendants in the Pavillon de la Ville de Paris on the Champs-Elysées. Van Gogh exhibited ten paintings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=854 (855, 626): To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890. – Vincent van Gogh Letters|url=http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let854/letter.html|access-date=29 April 2021|website=vangoghletters.org|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506085123/http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let854/letter.html|url-status=live}}</ref> While the exhibition was on display with the Artistes Indépendants in Paris, [[Claude Monet]] said that Van Gogh's work was the best in the show.{{sfnp|Rewald|1978|loc= 346–347, 348–350}}