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Les Arènes is a painting by Vincent van Gogh executed in Arles in November or December 1888 during the period of time when Paul Gauguin was living with him in The Yellow House. The bullfight season in Arles that year started on Easter Sunday 1 April and ended on 21 October. Van Gogh’s painting is therefore not a study from nature but done from memory. Gauguin encouraged Van Gogh to work in the studio in this manner.
