1890 · F690 · JH1837
Sower (after Millet)
Sower (after Millet), 1890. Meaning, analysis, themes, technique, period and related Van Gogh artworks connected from The Sower Motif.
Sower (after Millet) meaning and analysis
Sower (after Millet) belongs to the site node The Sower Motif. 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 Paris 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 , Van Gogh Reed Pen Technique . The related map below shows these connections.
The second version of Sower (after Millet), painted in Saint-Rémy in January 1890; the first is F689. In an orange hat and blue jacket, the sower strides across a blue-violet field scattering seed; oxen pull a plough in the distance, and the sky is built from short yellow-green strokes. His letter to Theo of 1 February 1890 mentions this version.