Green Wheat Field with Cypress
1889 National Gallery Prague
About this artwork
This landscape painting captures a vibrant wheat field under a dynamic sky, featuring a prominent cypress tree and a distant farm building. It was painted by Van Gogh during his stay at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
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Van Gogh was fascinated by cypress trees, seeing them as symbols of both death and life, often describing them as 'beautiful as a Egyptian obelisk'. This painting, created while he was recovering in an asylum, reflects his deep connection to nature and his unique, swirling interpretation of the landscape around him.
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Green Wheat Field with Cypress
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
