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| Keywords: Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds - VGM F778.jpg Artwork Creator Vincent van Gogh 1890 before 10 July oil canvas Size cm 50 100 Institution Van Gogh Museum cite book Naifeh Steven; Smith Gregory White Van Gogh The Life http //vangoghbiography com/NotesIntroduction 978-1846680106 Profile Books 2011 cite book Van der Ween Wouter; Knapp Peter http //vangoghbiography com/NotesIntroduction 978-1580933018 The Monacelli Press 2010 object history Mrs J van Gogh-Bonger Amsterdam V W van Gogh Laren Vincent van Gogh Museum exhibition history first exhibited VvG Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam July-August 1905 474 nrs 233 credit line http //www vangoghmuseum nl/vgm/index jsp page 4596 lang nl Museum Page the image was stitched from tiles - for assembly method used see The Potato Eaters Van Gogh catalogues 778 2097 Wheat fields A http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let898/letter html letter of around 10 July 1890 to his brother Theo is generally taken as evidence of Vincent's depressed state of mind at the time In the letter he refers obliquely to money and health problems and continues There once back here I set to work again the brush however almost falling from my hands and knowing clearly what I wanted I ve painted another three large canvases since then They re immense stretches of wheatfields under turbulent skies and I made a point of trying to express sadness extreme loneliness though this dispirited remark is immediately followed by the cheerier You ll see this soon I hope for I hope to bring them to you in Paris as soon as possible since I d almost believe that these canvases will tell you what I can t say in words what I consider healthy and fortifying about the countryside One of these three canvases is described by van Gogh himself as Daubigny's garden F776 The identity of the remaining two canvases is not known exactly from the letter but they are thought to be this one F778 and Wheatfield with Crows F779 de la Faille p 299 Jan Hulsker departs from this commonly accepted view citing F781 and F782 as the paintings in question Hulsker p 476-8 a view echoed by Van der Ween and Knapp p 59 PD-old-100 accession number inv nr F778 <gallery> File WLANL - Techdiva 1 0 - Korenveld onder onweerslucht Vincent van Gogh 1890 jpg Framed </gallery> Uploaded with UploadWizard Wheat field under a stormy sky by Vincent van Gogh | ||||
