How long did Paul Gauguin stay with Vincent van Gogh in Arles?

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Self-portrait painting by Paul Gauguin showing the artist with a mustache, yellow halo, and stylized plants against a vivid orange background with green and red fruit. — Paul Gauguin Self-portrait by Paul Gauguin, oil on wood, 1889; in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 79.2 × 51.3 cm.

Paul Gauguin traveled to Arles in late October 1888 to stay with Vincent van Gogh. Although he had intended to remain there through the spring, his stay lasted only two months before he departed for Paris following a tumultuous period in their relationship.1