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Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
Vincent van Gogh1889
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at an asylum 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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- Title: Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
- Creator: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
- Date Created: 1889
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 81 x 66.7 x 7.3 cm (31 7/8 x 26 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 in.)
- Provenance: Theo van Gogh [1857-1891] Paris, France, by descent to the artist's brother from the artist's estate., Johanna van Gogh-Bonger [1862-1915] his wife, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by gift to Willem Steenhoff., Willem Steenhoff [1863-1932] Amsterdam, Netherlands, sold to Alfred Flechtheim, Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, Max Siller, Barmen, Germany, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Justin Thannhauser, Munich, Berlin, Lucerne, Harry Sperling [1925-1971] New York, NY, M. Knoedler and Co., New York, NY, Sam Salz, New York, NY, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr, Cleveland, OH, purchased March 12, 1946, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.32
- Medium: oil on fabric
- Fun Fact: 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.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit Line: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1958.32
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