Farms near Auvers (Van Gogh)
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| Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
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| Year | 1890 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 50.2 cm × 103 cm (19.7 in × 40.6 in) |
| Location | Tate Gallery, London (F 793, JH 2114) |
Farms near Auvers or Thatched Cottages by a Hill is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he painted in July 1890 when he lived in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.[1][2] The painting is an example of the double-square canvases that he employed in his last landscapes.[3]
Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris, after he left an asylum at Saint-Rémy in May 1890.[4] Shortly after arriving at Auvers, Van Gogh wrote his sister Wil: "Here there are roofs of mossy thatch which are superb, and of which I’ll certainly do something."[5] The painting appears to be unfinished. It is similar to Thatched Cottages and Houses, a painting thought to have been executed shortly after arrival at Auvers.[6]
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In 1933 the painting was bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop to the Tate Collection in London, where it currently resides.[6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ van der Veen, Wouter; Knapp, Peter (2010). Van Gogh in Auvers: His Last Days. The Monacelli Press. p. 190. ISBN 1580933017.
- ^ de la Faille, Jacob Baart (1970). The works of Vincent van Gogh. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff. p. 303. http://www.worldcat.org/title/works-of-vincent-van-gogh-his-paintings-and-drawings/oclc/300160639&referer=brief_results.
- ^ Hulsker, Jan (1986). The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches. Random House. p. 476. ISBN 051744867X.
- ^ Naifeh, Steven; White Smith, Gregory (2011). Van Gogh: The Life. Random House. p. 822 ff.. ISBN 0375507485. http://www.randomhouse.com/book/119583/van-gogh-by-steven-naifeh-and-gregory-white-smith.
- ^ "To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Wednesday, 21 May 1890". Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/RM19/letter.html. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Farms near Auvers, 1890". Tate Collection. Tate Museum Online. http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=5386&searchid=9212&roomid=false&tabview=text&texttype=8. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ Brooks, D. "The Paintings: The Auvers-sur-Oise Period". The Vincent van Gogh Gallery, endorsed by Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. David Brooks (self-published). http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0793.htm. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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