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A Wheatfield with Cypresses is any of three similar 1889 oil paintings by Vincent van Gogh, as part of his wheat field series. All were exhibited at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole mental asylum at Saint-Rémy near Arles, France, where Van Gogh was voluntarily a patient from May 1889 to May 1890.
The wheat field with cypresses paintings were made when van Gogh was able to leave the asylum. Van Gogh had a fondness for cypresses and wheat fields of which he wrote: "Only I have no news to tell you, for the days are all the same, I have no ideas, except to think that a field of wheat or a cypress well worth the trouble of looking at closeup."
The Wheat Field with Cypresses paintings were made when Van Gogh was able to leave the asylum. Van Gogh had a fondness for cypresses and wheat fields of which he wrote: "Only I have no news to tell you, for the days are all the same, I have no ideas, except to think that a field of wheat or a cypress well worth the trouble of looking at closeup ...
[2] [4] Van Gogh could also see an enclosed wheat field, subject of many paintings at Saint-Rémy. [5] As he ventured outside the asylum walls he painted the wheat fields, olive groves and cypress trees of the surrounding countryside, [4] which he saw as "characteristic of Provence". Over the course of the year, he painted about 150 canvases.
Arles: View from the Wheat Fields [7] represents the harvest. In the foreground are sheaves of harvested wheat leaning against one another. The center of the painting depicts the harvesting process, [8] a couple at work in a sea of yellow and ochre. Across the horizon is the town of Arles. [9]
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Green Wheat Field with Cypress (French: Champ de blé vert avec cyprès) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh.It is held by the National Gallery Prague, displayed at the Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní palác) in the district of Holešovice, where the painting is known as Zelené obilí ("Green wheat").
Orchard with Cypresses (Verger avec cyprès in French) [1] is an 1888 painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. [2] The work was in the collection of artworks of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and was sold at auction on 10 November 2022 by Christie's New York branch [1] for $117.2 million dollars, the highest amount paid for a work by van Gogh.