Young Peasant Woman with Straw Hat Sitting in Wheat - Vincent van Gogh
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Description
A portrait of a young woman in a straw hat, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1890, featuring his signature thick brushwork and bold colour palette.
Painted during his final months in Auvers-sur-Oise, this portrait captures a local woman set against a dense, vertical field of wheat. Vincent van Gogh utilised a palette dominated by high-chroma yellows and blues, a characteristic choice during this period of his career. The subject wears a straw hat adorned with a blue ribbon, her expression neutral and direct. The background consists of rhythmic, vertical brushstrokes that suggest the texture of the grain, creating a sense of enclosure around the figure.
Van Gogh often turned to the rural population of Auvers for his subjects, seeking to document the lives of those working the land. The composition is structured with the figure occupying the centre, her blue bodice patterned with small, rhythmic marks that echo the movement in the wheat behind her. The white apron provides a visual break, drawing the eye to the seated posture of the woman. The application of paint is thick and deliberate, with visible impasto that gives the surface a tactile quality. This work reflects the artist's interest in the relationship between the human figure and the natural environment, using colour to establish mood rather than strict realism. The contrast between the warm yellow of the hat and the cool blue of the clothing creates a balanced visual tension, typical of his late style. The painting remains a clear example of his ability to transform a simple rural scene into a study of form and colour.
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
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Young Peasant Woman with Straw Hat Sitting in Wheat - Vincent van Gogh
Artist Biography
Vincent Van Gogh
He taught himself to draw by copying prints and working through textbooks. His brother Theo, an art dealer in Paris, sent money every month for the rest of Vincent's life. Without Theo there are no paintings. The letters between them, over 600, are one of the most complete records of any artist's thinking. Van Gogh wrote about colour theory, composition, what he ate, what he read, how much he spent on paint. He was articulate and well-read and not, despite the popular version, simply mad.
He moved to Paris in 1886 and encountered Impressionism. The palette changed immediately: from the dark browns of his Dutch period to the colours people actually associate with his work. He met Gauguin, Pissarro, Signac, Toulouse-Lautrec. He absorbed Pointillism and Japanese prints. Then he moved to Arles in the south of France, where the light was better and people were fewer.
The Arles period produced Sunflowers, The Bedroom, Starry Night Over the Rhone. The breakdown followed: the argument with Gauguin, the severed ear (he cut part of his left ear, not the whole thing), the asylum at Saint-Remy, and then Auvers-sur-Oise, where he painted seventy canvases in seventy days before dying from a gunshot wound at thirty-seven. He sold one painting during his lifetime, or possibly two. Theo died six months later.
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