Farmhouse in a Wheatfield by Vincent Van Gogh Tissue Paper

Farmhouse in a Wheatfield by Vincent Van Gogh, oil on canvas 1888, is a landscape painting of a white house amid farm fields with a large tree in the foreground against a sunny blue sky with white clouds. Possibly painting after Van Gogh settled in the south of France, the picture shows the clear influence of Impressionism with its broken colors in small strokes of paint, but here Van Gogh varies the brushwork according to the character of objects depicted, with longer vertical strokes for the field grasses and swirls of thick, impasto oil paint piled in the white clouds. This serene landscape foresees elements of the mature style that Van Gogh developed in subsequent years. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a Dutch painter of the Post-Impressionist movement known for bold, expressive drawing, swirling brushstrokes and intense, heightened colors. In early adulthood Van Gogh worked as an art dealer, teacher and pastor before taking up the full time study of drawing and painting in his late twenties. Influenced by Rembrandt, the 19th century Realists and Barbizon school, Van Gogh’s early paintings featured studies of workers and peasants in somber earth tones. Moving to France in 1886, Van Gogh met with the startling innovations of the Impressionist painters and began to apply their approach to color and subject matter, which continued into the mature style for which the artist is most renowned. Van Gogh produced many hundreds of drawings and paintings including portraits, landscapes, still life and flower paintings, and numerous self-portraits that became a dominating influence on the modern art of the 20th century and made him one of the most popular artists of all time.