Van Goghs burial site
 

Has anyone visited the town of Auvers sur Oise to see the burial site of the Van Goghs? Is it possible to visit via metro or bus from Paris. I understand that the town itself is well worth a visit.

Yes, Auvers-sur-Oise is a sweet old village redolent of the time that Van Gogh and other Impressionists holed up here to paint its many quaint scenes. RER trains run frequently via two different routes from Paris. Van Gogh is buried along with brother Theo in the local cemetery. Around town are posted reproductions of Van Gogh paintings right at the site where he put up his canvas to do them - and some Cezanne and others as well. The room he died in at the Auberge Ravoux (sp?) in the town center has been preserved, with blood on the sheets. The famous cornfields he painted several famous pictures of abut town - his final paintings here portray gathering dark clouds and were done just before he shot himself. The aubuerge was where Van Gogh and colleagues loved to drink absinthe. There's a chateau in town - the Chateau d'Auvers - really a state house - that has been turned into a re-creation of Impressionists times and lives around 1890 - there is a model of the train the artists used to get here and a multi-media effect to portray the times. (Some reviews say this is rather hokey - i found it delightful however but not everyone will like this type of place.)
by train you can buy a ticket + attraction that includes admission to the chateau. Otherwise just wander the streets, see the cornfields and parish church, which also appeared in his paintings done here.
Van gogh came here from St Remy in Provence after the left the asylum there to follow his doctor (Dr Guichet??) here - but was here just several months before offing himself - but in that short time he produced a pordigious amount of now famous art.
Auvers is on the tranquil Oise river, paths along the river make a swell walk.
I think this day trip i prefer even over Giverny - same type neat old village and far fewer crowds.

Sorry to be pedantic, but a "guichet" is a wicket, as in ticket booth, etc.

Van Gogh's doctor was Dr. Gachet.

To: PalQ. Thank you for the terrific information. We will be in Paris in July and plan to visit. Years ago we visited the assylum in St.Remy and searched for the bridge at Arles (I believe) We found it and enjoyed the scenery.
We expect to visit and dine at another cultural site, the Renoir "cafe" at Chatou.

There are two routes to Auvers - one from the Gare du Nord by SNCF commuter trains and one via RER A via Pointoise - i recommend the RER route:

I took a train from Gare du Nord and this line slices right thru the heart of the sad looking tower blocks where so much violence roared recently from the mainly poor immigrant inhabitants. That's fine, but i had to change trains at one point and i had a nice crusty Pain au Chocolate pastry i was munching on - a young Muslim type came up and asked me for some of the pastry - i declined and he looked at me like he would attack me - i gave him half the pastry. The Pontoise route goes thru a basically upscale area. Don't think any direct trains - Nord route change at Isle d'Adam (from where i walked the two miles along the Oise to Auvers) or at Pontoise i think.