techniques
Van Gogh Oil on Canvas
This page gathers Van Gogh’s major oil paintings and shows how medium, canvas, pigment and place shape the image.
Long-tail intents
- oil on canvas meaning
- Van Gogh oil on canvas
- Van Gogh painting medium
Common Questions
What does oil on canvas mean?
It means paint made with an oil binder has been applied to a prepared woven canvas support.
Why did Van Gogh use oil paint on canvas?
Oil paint allowed him to work with strong colour, layered marks and a wide range of surface thickness on a durable support.
Are all Van Gogh works oil on canvas?
No. Van Gogh also made drawings, watercolours, prints and paintings on paper, board and other supports.
Representative Artworks
Miners in the Snow at Dawn 1880 · F831 
Sower (after Millet) 1881 · F830 
Sorrow 1882 · F929 
Worn Out 1882 · F863 
The Old Tower at Nuenen 1884 · F88 
Weaver (interior with three windows) 1884 · F30 
Weaver Facing Left 1884 · F24 Weaver Facing Right 1884 · F37 
Weaver Near an Open Window 1884 · F26 
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap 1885 · F160 
Still Life with Bible 1885 · F117 
The Potato Eaters 1885 · F82 
The Potato Eaters (study) 1885 · F78 
Glass with Yellow Roses 1886 · F218 
Self-Portrait (Paris, dark) 1886 · F178v 
Skull with Burning Cigarette 1886 · F212 
Still life with fritillaries 1886 · F213 
Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses 1886 · F243 
Vase of Flowers 1886 · F286 
Asnières landscape series 1887 · F317-F318 
Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige) 1887 · F372 
Flowering Plum Tree (after Hiroshige) 1887 · F371 
Oiran (after Kesai Eisen) 1887 · F373 
Pere Tanguy 1887 · F363 Narrative Nodes
1880 Miners in the Snow at Dawn 1882 Worn Out 1882-05 The Hague and Sien 1884 The Weavers 1885-04 The Potato Eaters 1885-10 Still Life with Bible 1885-11 Antwerp Academy 1886-1887 The Paris Flower Studies 1887 Pere Tanguy 1887 Still Life with Quinces and Lemons 1887 View from Theo's Apartment 1887-06 Asnières landscape series