Location of Van Gogh’s last painting identified

Experts say the discovery sheds new light on the anguished painter’s mental state on the day he is widely believed to have fatally shot himself.

The exact location where Dutch master Vincent van Gogh painted his last work has been pinpointed after being hidden in plain view for years among a tangle of roots next to a rural lane near Paris.

Experts say the discovery sheds new light on the anguished painter’s mental state on the day he is widely believed to have fatally shot himself.