Artworks

1889 · F687 · JH1782

Reaper with Sickle (after Millet)

Reaper with Sickle (after Millet), 1889. Meaning, analysis, themes, technique, period and related Van Gogh artworks connected from The Saint-Rémy Copies.

Reaper with Sickle (after Millet)
Oil on canvas Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Reaper with Sickle (after Millet) meaning and analysis

Reaper with Sickle (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. The main thematic path runs through Van Gogh Wheat Field Paintings .

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

Reaper with Sickle (after Millet). The sickle flashes in sunlight. He replaced Millet's grey tones with Provençal blaze — copying is not replication, it is re-illuminating another's composition with one's own light.