Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
Vincent van Gogh · 1889 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Vincent van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy in southern France. Although initially restricted to painting in his room, he soon resumed working outdoors. This painting reveals the full power of his mature style. Trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey his emotional reaction to the subject. During his Saint-Rémy period, Van Gogh painted 150 canvases and some 100 drawings. He painted nature as he saw it without enhancement and felt that painting would help cure him of his illness.
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- Maker
- Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 81 x 66.7 x 7.3 cm (31 7/8 x 26 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 in.)
- Place of origin
- Netherlands
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
- Credit line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
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