Enclosed Wheat Field with Peasant Van Gogh Poster

Enclosed Wheat Field with Peasant (Landscape at Saint-Rémy) by Vincent Van Gogh, oil on canvas 1889, is a landscape painting of a farmer harvesting hay in a field behind the Saint Paul hospital at Saint-Remy in the south of France. Swirling strokes of dynamic brush work model the landscape forms and lead the eye around the composition ceaselessly, uniting the figure, land and sky into a unified, holistic vision of nature. Van Gogh painted the wheat field while staying in the hospital after suffering a terrible breakdown that year. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a Dutch painter of the Post-Impressionist movement known for bold, expressive drawing, swirling brushstrokes and intense, heightened colours. 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 sombre 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 colour 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.