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''Falling Autumn Leaves (Les Alyscamps)'' is a Painting by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh . It depicts an autumnal scene of people walking through the Alyscamps , an ancient Roman Necropolis in Arles which is lined with poplars and stone sarcophagi. It was painted in late 1888 during the two months that van Gogh shared a studio in Arles with his friend and mentor Paul Gauguin , during which the two artists painted some identical subjects to compare their work with each other. They chose the site of the Alyscamps to paint and compare in several works, including this painting, van Gogh's '' L'allée Des Alyscamps '' and Gauguin's ''Alyscamps''.