Rectangular plots of flowers, each in a single color, stretch toward us below a sky nearly filled with cream-white clouds in this horizontal landscape painting. Together, the monochromatic plots create the impression of a patchwork quilt, with large areas of pale pink, butter yellow, bright white, and baby blue. A person walks across the plots to our right. The horizon line comes almost halfway up the painting and is lined with dark brown houses with tall, pitched roofs. Two barren trees twist into the cloudy sky. The loose, short, parallel brushstrokes and touches of paint create a soft,…
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Flower Beds in Holland

painter Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890)

c. 1883

Medium
oil on canvas on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 48.9 x 66 cm (19 1/4 x 26 in.) ; framed: 71.1 x 88.9 x 8.3 cm (28 x 35 x 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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