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Wheatfield
Also titled Korenveld
Vincent van Gogh (Groot Zundert, 1853–1890)
1888
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 61 cm x width 50 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Stichting Collectie P. & N. de Boer
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
In 1888, Paris became too busy for Van Gogh, and in the spring he left for Arles. He was captivated by the vibrant colours of the landscape in the south of France. The yellow of the wheat takes centre stage here, thanks to the high horizon. Van Gogh further intensified the blue of the mountains and the sky to enhance the colour contrast with that yellow.
