Artworks

1890 · F668 · JH1883

First Steps (after Millet)

First Steps (after Millet), 1890. Meaning, analysis, themes, technique, period and related Van Gogh artworks connected from The Saint-Rémy Copies.

First Steps (after Millet)
Oil on canvas Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

First Steps (after Millet) meaning and analysis

First Steps (after Millet) belongs to the site node The Saint-Rémy Copies. That node places the work inside Van Gogh's letters, places and changing painterly abilities rather than isolating it as a single image.

Its strongest period signal is Van Gogh Saint-Remy Period.

Technically, the page connects this work to Van Gogh Oil on Canvas , Van Gogh Brushstroke Analysis . The related map below shows these connections.

A father crouches with his arms held out; the mother steadies the child as it steps towards him. He worked from a photograph of Millet's drawing sent by Theo; in mid-January 1890 he wrote that he would start on it that week.