Artworks

1889 · F687 · JH1893

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 keeps those paths explicit for readers and search engines.

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.