Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (after Millet)
1889 Van Gogh Museum
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a solitary peasant woman working in a field, a common theme in Van Gogh's oeuvre, and is known to be a rendition after a work by Jean-François Millet.
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Van Gogh greatly admired Jean-François Millet and copied many of his works, seeing them as studies in human dignity and labor. This particular painting reflects Van Gogh's deep empathy for the working class, a recurring motif in his art, and his practice of reinterpreting masterworks to learn and develop his own unique style.
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Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (after Millet)
Vincent van Gogh, 1889
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