“Wheat Field with Ravens” ( n. Korenveld met kraaien , fr. Champ de blé aux corbeaux ) - a painting by the Netherlands painter Vincent van Gogh , painted by the artist in July 1890 and one of his most famous works.
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| van Gogh | ||
| Wheat field with ravens . 1890 | ||
| the nether Korenveld met kraaien fr Champ de blé aux corbeaux | ||
| Oil on canvas . 53 × 105 cm | ||
| Vincent van Gogh Museum , Amsterdam | ||
| ( Inv. ) | ||
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History
The painting was supposedly completed on July 10, 1890, 19 days before the death of Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise . There is a version that Vincent committed suicide in the process of writing this picture; This version of the finale of the artist's life was presented in the film “ Thirst for Life ”, where the actor playing Van Gogh ( Kirk Douglas ) shoots himself in the head at the field, completing work on the canvas. However, this theory has no evidence, except for the pronounced depressiveness of the picture, which probably caused associations with the artist’s suicide soon to follow. For a long time it was believed that this was the last work of Van Gogh, but the study of Vincent's letters with a high degree of probability indicates that his last work was the painting Wheat Fields [2] , although there is still ambiguity in this matter.
See also
- Church in Auber
- Huts
Notes
Literature
- Ingo F. Walther and Rainer Metzger. Van Gogh: the Complete Paintings. - Benedikt Taschen, 1997. - ISBN 3-8228-8265-8 .