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Artwork
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Vincent van GoghThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York1889
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- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28 13/16 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm)
Wheat Field with Cypresses is a painting by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise), 1889. Oil on canvas; 28 13/16 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm). It is part of the European Paintings collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993.
How to reflect if you encounter this artwork?
- Notice how van Gogh’s thick, swirling brushstrokes add dynamic energy to the golden wheat fields under the intense sky.
- Consider the contrast between the vertical cypress trees and the horizontal expanse of the wheat, and how that shapes your feeling of the landscape.
- Reflect on the emotional mood conveyed through the vibrant colors and agitated forms in this late 19th-century oil painting.
- Try imagining the sensory experience of standing in this field—what sounds, smells, or sensations does the painting evoke for you?
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