Vincent Van Gogh First Steps After Millet
Copies by vincent van gogh form an important group of paintings executed by vincent van gogh between 1887 and early 1890.
Vincent van gogh first steps after millet. Letter to his brother theo. January 1890 the metropolitan museum of art new york new york united states of america north america f. 1883 image only van gogh. On or about october 25 1889 van gogh museum amsterdam inv.
815 thanks theo for the millet reproductions which arrived the previous evening mentioning that it might be interesting to try to do millet s drawings as paintings. First steps by millet and by vincent van gogh i n fall and winter 1889 90 while a voluntary patient at the asylum in saint rémy van gogh painted twenty one copies after jean françois millet an artist he greatly admired. Van gogh letters 2009 letter no. So even though van gogh didn t begin his copies after millet until a few months before his death in 1890 he was writing to theo about his admiration for millet as early as 1873 and would have seen in person a version of millet s first steps fifteen years before undertaking his own interpretation of the work.
Vincent van gogh painting oil on canvas saint rémy france. First steps after millet was created in 1890 by vincent van gogh in post impressionism style.