View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic

In 1887 van Gogh lived with his brother Theo in an apartment in Montmartre, which is located on Montmartre hill above the city of Paris. This afforded him a beautiful view of the Paris skyline, which he painted several times.[1] Two of the paintings were made in 1887. The second painting View from Vincent's Window[2] was made from a similar vantage point of View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic.[3]

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  View from Vincent's Window
  1887
  Private collection (F341a)

An earlier painting was made of the view from his window titled Roofs of Paris or View of Roofs and Backs of Houses. Van Gogh had become aware of Impressionism soon after arriving in Paris, but it took a while before he assimilated the knowledge into his work. This early view of his window reflects the dark colors he had been accustomed to using, subdued browns and grays for the roofs and the backs of the houses. In it Van Gogh appears to focus primarily in the color graduations of the houses and rooflines.[1]

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  View of Roofs and Backs of Houses
  1886
  Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (F231)