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- Sower After Millet from near the end of Van Gogh's career was of a subject that the artist had painted many times over the preceding years, and is an almost exact copy of one of his works painted in 1881.
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Van Gogh made a number of variations on a theme depicting a sower in front of a setting sun. Especially striking in this version are the bright, unnatural colours and the unusual composition, in which the knotty tree in the foreground constitutes a diagonal division of the canvas.
Van Gogh had a special interest in sowers throughout his artistic career. All in all, he made more than 30 drawings and paintings on this theme. He painted this sower in the autumn of 1888. At the time, Van Gogh was working together with Paul Gauguin (1848-1903).
After a serious breakdown in the summer of 1889, Van Gogh starts copying etchings and woodcuts after his example Jean-François Millet. He tells Theo that he is working on them zealously. In...
This was not the first copy that Van Gogh made of _The Sower_ by Jean-François Millet (1814-1875). Nor was it the last one: it was a painting that Van Gogh greatly admired.
Mar 18, 2022 · Illustration. An 1888 oil on canvas painting, The Sower, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in November near Arles in southern France. Sowers are a recurring theme in the artist's work, seen by him as a symbol through their work of regeneration and life.
Van Gogh made a number of variations on a theme depicting a sower in front of a setting sun. Especially striking in this version are the bright, unnatural colours and the unusual composition,...
