Netherlands / 1889
Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy as painting (Netherlands · 1889).
During his Saint-Rémy period, Van Gogh painted 150 canvases and some 100 drawings. He painted nature as he saw it without enhancement and felt that painting would help cure him of his illness.
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The museum identifies this painting as oil on fabric and credits Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890).
The museum's collection notes: Vincent van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy in southern France. Although initially restricted to painting in his room, he soon resumed working outdoors. This painting reveals the full power of his mature style. Trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey his emotional reaction to the subject.
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