Same subject
Vangoghall12
Title
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), 1889. Creator: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890).
Caption
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), 1889. In May 1889, Van Gogh voluntarily committed himself to an asylum near the small town of Saint-Rémy in Provence. His doctors soon gave him permission to paint on day excursions to surrounding fields. While walking through Saint-Rémy that November, he was impressed by the sight of men repairing a road beneath immense plane trees. "In spite of the cold," he wrote to his brother, "I have gone on working outside till now, and I think it is doing me good and the work too." Rushing to capture the yellowing leaves, he painted this composition on an unusual cloth with a pattern of small red diamonds visible in the picture's many unpainted areas.
Date
1889
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19G13_161
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
473,0Mb (42,8Mb) / 48,0in x 38,3in / 14395 x 11486 (300dpi)