Postcard reveals site of Van Gogh's 'farewell note in colour' before suicide

A picture postcard featuring a man standing next to a bicycle on a back street of the village that help Dutch master Vincent van Gogh paint his last work 'Tree Roots' in Auvers-sur-Oise, 35km north of Paris. Photo: AP

Stuck at home during lockdown, Dutch researcher Wouter van der Veen finally found time to look through old postcards of the French village where Vincent van Gogh died and made a remarkable discovery.

One postcard showing gnarled roots and tree trunks along a road in Auvers-sur-Oise, close to Paris, bore a remarkable similarity to the Dutch artist's last painting Tree Roots.