Landscape with wheat sheaves and rising moon
1889 Kröller-Müller Museum
About this artwork
This painting features a rural landscape with several prominent wheat sheaves in the foreground, set against a backdrop of water, undulating mountains, and a dynamic sky with a rising moon or sun. It is one of several harvest scenes created by Van Gogh.
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Painted during Van Gogh's stay at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, this work is one of several variations he created depicting the wheat fields he observed from his window or during walks. These scenes often carried deep symbolic meaning for him, representing the cycles of nature, labor, and life. The intense, swirling brushstrokes are characteristic of his later work, conveying emotional intensity rather than mere representation.
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Landscape with wheat sheaves and rising moon
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
