In Falling Autumn Leaves, how is the Les Alyscamps discussed?
Following months of correspondence, Paul Gauguin joined van Gogh in Arles in October 1888.  Both were intent on depicting a "non-naturalist landscape". The paintings are among the first works that the pair painted following Gauguin's arrival.Van Gogh and Gauguin visited an ancient Roman necropolis, Les Alyscamps, which had been built outside the city walls.  Over time the grounds were overtaken by factories and the railroad. The city relocated some of the sarcophagi in a long alley lined with benches and poplar trees that led to a Romanesque chapel which became known as the Allée des Tombeaux. It quickly became a lover's lane celebrated throughout France.
Paul Gauguin lover's lane Arles Les Alyscamps sarcophagi poplar tree necropolis