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Vincent van Gogh

View of Auvers-sur-Oise
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Maker

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)

Title

View of Auvers-sur-Oise

Year

1890

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

oil paint

Supports

Geography

Place Made: France

Dimensions

34 x 42.1 cm (13 3/8 x 16 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Rubber stamp on stretcher: Bundesdenkmalamt Wien; De Hauke and Co., Inc./8 East 51st St., NY

Label: on frame: R. Lerondelle/Emballage/d'Objets d'Art/76, rue Blanche, Paris

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Given in memory of Miss Dorothy Sturges by a Friend

Object Number

35.770

Type

Provenance

Left or sent by the artist to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris; after his death in 1891, his widow Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Paris; probably sold by Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Galerie Vollard, Paris; 22 February 1899 possibly sold by Galerie Vollard to Maurice Fabre, Gasparets (FRF 300); by 1904 Maurice Fabre; by 1908 probably given on consignment by Maurice Fabre to Galerie E. Druet, Paris; 16 May 1908 sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot (Tableaux modernes, aquarelles, dessins et pastels par [...] Van Gogh, [...]), lot 24 (FRF 950); probably acquired at this sale by Carl Moll, Vienna; after 1914 Galerie Marcel Goldschmidt, Frankfurt; 17 July 1928 sold by Galerie Marcel Goldschmidt to Galerien Thannhauser (half share), Galerie Etienne Bignou, Paris (quarter share) and Alex Reid & Lefèvre, Glasgow (quarter share) (Blick auf Auvers);
August 1928 given on consignment by Galerie Etienne Bignou and Alex Reid & Lefèvre to De Hauke (Jacques Seligmann et fils), New York;
27 October 1928 sold as shared sale by De Hauke, Reid, Bignou and Thannhauser to Dorothy Sturges, Providence (USD 8,000), 15 November 1928 half share (USD 4,000) received by Galerien Thannhauser;
after her death in 1933, heir of Dorothy Sturges, her brother Howard Sturges; 1935 bequest to her friend Elizabeth Hudson, Syracuse; 18 October 1935 her gift to Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.

Publications

Articles

Understanding Art Through Thumbnail Sketching

Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

The grain fields, bell tower, and clustered rooftops seen here were repeating motifs in the late landscapes of Vincent van Gogh. Areas of darkened canvas were left visible in this small painting, which he executed directly on site near the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise. He marked the wheat with irregular brushstrokes, roughly manipulating the pigment to match his perception of the dry stalks, and bathed the church and stone houses in blue light, outlining them to emphasize their solidity. Aggressive curls of dark green foliage animate the townscape, reaching toward muscular clouds that tumble across a pale green sky.

Inventing Impressionism
Oct 21, 2016 – Jun 11, 2017

Label copy

Like the bell tower and clustered rooftops, the sweeping grain fields around Auvers-sur-Oise were recurrent motifs in the late landscapes of Vincent van Gogh. Areas of bare, darkened canvas are visible in this small painting, which he may have executed directly on the site. He marks the wheat with irregular patterns of brushstrokes, roughly manipulating the pigment to match his perception of the dry, golden stalks. Looking up at the church quarter, he bathes the stone houses in blue light, outlining them to emphasize their solidity. Above the curved horizon, aggressive curls of dark green foliage animate the townscape, reaching up toward muscular clouds that tumble across a pale green sky.

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University
Feb 16, 1967 – Apr 02, 1967

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)
View of Auvers-sur-Oise, 1890
Oil on canvas
34 x 42.1 cm (13 3/8 x 16 9/16 inches)
Given in memory of Miss Dorothy Sturges by a Friend 35.770

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