Blood On the CanvasVincent van Gogh is shot west of Auvers-sur-Oise, somewhere on the road to Chaponval, by René Secrétan, a Buffalo Bill Cody wannabe who brandishes a pistol that goes off, probably by accident. Many now believe Vincent literally took the bullet for the boys and martyred himself. He says a telling thing to his brother Theo before he dies, “Do not cry. I did it for the good of everybody.”– All Illustrations by
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