Van Gogh hospital paintings to be shown together in London for the first time

Detail from Van Gogh’s The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles (1889). Photograph: Oskar Reinhart Collection “Am Römerholz”, Winterthur

Two Vincent van Gogh paintings created in the months after the Dutch artist mutilated his ear are to be exhibited in London together for the first time.

The works, The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles and The Ward in the Hospital at Arles, described by the artist as a pair, are due to appear at the Courtauld Gallery from next month, the Art Newspaper reported.