Friday, July 29, 2022

 Vincent in Arles
(1888)  
 

Vincent wanted to show peasant life and work on the land – a recurring theme in his art – and painted several stages of the harvest. We see a half mowed wheatfield, ladders and several carts. A reaper works in the background, which is why he titled the work La moisson or 'The Harvest'. Vincent considered it one of his most successful paintings, writing to his brother Theo that the ‘canvas absolutely kills all the rest’.
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/s0030V1962


Harvest at La Crau, with Montmajour in the Background
June, 1888
Oil on canvas
73.0 x 92.0 cm.

Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum
https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/s0030V1962

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