Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples
Vincent van Gogh
1887
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.5 × 55.2 cm (18 1/4 × 21 3/4 in.); Framed: 57.8 × 66.7 × 5.1 cm (22 3/4 × 26 1/4 × 2 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
64957
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...