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Evening (after Millet)

Vincent van GoghOctober 1889 - 1889

Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

A peasant couple sit by the light of an oil lamp. The woman is mending clothes and her husband is working on a wicker basket. Their child is asleep; next to the fireplace, a cat dozes. The picture radiates a quiet serenity. That's striking, knowing Vincent van Gogh mad it during his stay in the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy.

Van Gogh based the painting on a print by Millet form the series 'Les quatre heures de la journée' (the four times of day). Although Van Gogh painstakingly recorded the composition, he did not consider this copying. He saw it more as ‘translating’ from black-and-white to colour, just as a musician can freely interpret the work of another composer. Van Gogh thus succeeded in suffusing this work with an entirely individual character and sensibility.

Details

  • Title: Evening (after Millet)
  • Creator: Vincent van Gogh
  • Creator Lifespan: 30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890
  • Creator Nationality: Dutch
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Auvers-sur-Oise
  • Creator Birth Place: Zundert
  • Date Created: October 1889 - 1889
  • Location Created: Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
  • Place Part Of: France
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation), Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
  • External Link: Evening (after Millet)

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