Why it matters
A green wheat field stretches to a white house behind a white wall with a single tree. Van Gogh described it to his sister in a letter of 13 June 1890, a month before his death.
Did you know?
- It was painted in June 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise.
- Wheat fields inspired about a dozen of his works there.
- It is in the Phillips Collection in Washington.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Champ de blé avec une maison blanche à Auvers (CC BY-SA 4.0).
