Artworks

1884 · F88 · JH777

The Old Tower at Nuenen

The Old Tower at Nuenen, 1884. Meaning, analysis, themes, technique, period and related Van Gogh artworks connected from Thatched Cottages.

The Old Tower at Nuenen
Oil on canvas Auvers-sur-Oise

The Old Tower at Nuenen meaning and analysis

The Old Tower at Nuenen belongs to the site node Thatched Cottages. 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 Auvers Period.

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The Old Tower at Nuenen. 1884 — among the darkest paintings of his Dutch period. Brown, grey, earth tones. The church tower under overcast sky stands like a silent sentinel. Six years later he would paint the same subject in entirely different colours.