Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890

Creator: Vincent van Gogh

Categories: Art, Art > Painting

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers was painted during these final months in Auvers. In this village just north of Paris, Van Gogh painted the Romanesque church, the town hall, and some of the picturesque thatched-roof houses. As he did in the countryside surrounding Arles and Saint-Rémy, he also painted more or less "pure" landscapes. This work is indeed singular in that there is no legible motif beyond the grassy field, road, and sky, no animals or figures, but instead lush flora whipped up by the wind. Two-thirds of the composition consists of the field in a rich range of greens and blues, punctuated by outbursts of yellow flowers.

Datas

Subject	Painting
	Dutch
	Landscape
Date	1890-01-01
Type	Image
Format	overall: 72.39 × 91.44 cm (28 1/2 × 36 in.)
	oil on canvas
Source	Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon