The Sower.
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Title |
The Sower. |
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Creator |
Gogh, Vincent van (Dutch painter and draftsman, 1853-1890) |
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Date |
1888? |
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Cultural Context |
French
European
Western European
Netherlandish
Dutch
Northern European |
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Style/Period |
Post-Impressionist
Modern (styles and periods) |
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Subject |
Croplands
Agriculture
Farming
Men
Working class
Laborers
Agricultural laborers
Hats
Plowing
Plows
Agricultural machinery & implements
Buildings
Smokestacks
Smoke |
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Description |
"Though its exact date is unknown, the nature of the brushwork and general intensity of style suggest late 1888 or early 1889 while van Gogh was still in Arles, the village in Provence [...]. It may even have been executed after van Gogh entered the hospital in nearby Saint-Remy in May 1889. [...] The composition is one of triangles: the first, a foreground of lumpy soil; the second, a bulge of blue-purple ground that surrounds the man sowing grain; the third, a dark field where quickly brushed images of man and horse are plowing furrows suggested by thin swirls of the three primary colors. A village with many black smokestacks (perhaps representing the railroad sheds or gas works of Arles) is silhouetted against a narrow band of chrome yellow sky.” (p.165) |
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Location Depicted |
France
Provence (France)
Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur (France) |
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Material |
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas |
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Measurements |
33.6 x 40.4 cm |
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Technique |
Painting (image-making)
Oil painting (technique) |
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Work Type |
Paintings
Oil paintings |
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Repository |
Armand Hammer Collection [Armand Hammer Foundation] (Los Angeles, California) |
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Source |
Armand Hammer Foundation. The Armand Hammer Collection. Los Angeles: Armand Hammer Foundation, 1985.(cat.95, p.164) |
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Rights |
© 1985, The Armand Hammer Foundation, Los Angeles. Photographs by: Richard Benson, Edward Cornachio, Larry duPont, John S. Gebhart, Seth Joel. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 283-59.jpg |
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