Why it matters
Fields in greens and yellows lead to old houses shaded by wind-tossed trees under a troubled sky. Painted soon after Van Gogh arrived in Auvers, its restless brushwork reflects both a sense of freedom and deep melancholy.
Did you know?
- It was painted in May 1890.
- Les Vessenots is a small hamlet outside Auvers-sur-Oise.
- Van Gogh painted nearly seventy canvases in his two months in Auvers.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Les Vessenots près d'Auvers (CC BY-SA 4.0).
