Farmhouse in Provence
1888
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 46.1 x 60.9 cm (18 1/8 x 24 in.) framed: 74.9 x 88.9 x 10.8 cm (29 1/2 x 35 x 4 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Accession Number
1970.17.34
Art Historical Context
Vincent van Gogh painted *Farmhouse in Provence* in 1888 while living in Arles, in the south of France. This period marked a transformative chapter in his career, as he sought the brilliant Mediterranean light and rural subjects that would define his mature work. The oil-on-canvas medium allowed him to apply pigment with energetic, visible brushstrokes, capturing both the texture of the landscape and his emotional response to it. As a leading figure of Post-Impressionism, Van Gogh moved beyond the optical effects of Impressionism to emphasize personal expression through color and form. Here, ...
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...