Van Gogh planned to go to Paris in the hope that the new movements in Parisian painting, of which he had heard from his brother, might provide him with new directions for his work. From 1886 to 1888 he adopted the Impressionist and Pointillist techniques.

The subjects van Gogh tackled in Paris were typically Parisian. His windmills were not Dutch, they were on the Montmartre; the women he painted were not peasants, they were acquaintances met in restaurants and boulevards. He painted almost 230 paintings during his stay in Paris, more than in any comparable period of his life. He tried his hand at new subjects.

Preview	Picture Data	Info
	Sloping Path in Montmartre Spring 1886, Paris Oil on cardboard, 22 x 16 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	The Fourteenth of July Celebration in Paris Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 44 x 39 cm Private collection
	In the Jardin du Luxembourg June-July 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 28 x 46 cm The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
	View of Paris from Montmartre Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 39 x 62 cm Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	Le Moulin de la Galette Summer 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
	Le Moulin de la Galette Autumn 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 39 x 46 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
	Montmartre near the Upper Mill Autumn 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 44 x 34 cm Art Institute, Chicago
	Terrace of a Café on Montmartre (La Guinguette) in Montmartre October 1886, Paris Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris
	Nude Woman Reclining January-February 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 24 x 41 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
	Agostina Segatori in the Café du Tambourin February-March 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 56 x 47 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Fishing in Spring, Pont de Clichy Spring 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 49 x 58 cm Art Institute, Chicago
	View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic Spring 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	On the Outskirts of Paris Spring 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 38 x 46 cm Private collection
	Restaurant de la Sirène at Asnières Spring 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 52 x 64 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
	Restaurant de la Sirène at Asnières Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris
	Bridges across the Seine at Asnières Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 52 x 65 cm Private collection
	The Rispal Restaurant at Asnières Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 72 x 60 cm Private collection
	The Seine with the Pont de la Grande Jatte Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 32 x 41 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Trees and Undergrowth Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Wheat Field with a Lark Summer 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Interior of a Restaurant June-July 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 46 x 57 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo
	Portrait of Père Tanguy Autumn 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 92 x 75 cm Musée Rodin, Paris
	Portrait of Père Tanguy (detail) Autumn 1887, Paris Oil on canvas Musée Rodin, Paris
	Japonaiserie: Oiran (after Kesai Eisen) September-October 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 105 x 61 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Japonaiserie: Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige) September-October 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
	Portrait of Père Tanguy Winter 1887/88, Paris Oil on canvas, 65 x 51 cm Private collection
	Portrait of Père Tanguy (detail) Winter 1887/88, Paris Oil on canvas Private collection
	The Italian Woman (Agostina Segatori) December 1887, Paris Oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm Musée d'Orsay, Paris