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Van Gogh Wheat Field Paintings
The wheat fields run through sowing, labour, Auvers and the final rain, concentrating time, life-cycle and farewell.
Long-tail intents
- Van Gogh wheat field paintings
- Wheat Field with Crows meaning
- Van Gogh final wheat fields
Creative Context
Common Questions
What do wheat fields mean in Van Gogh's paintings?
Wheat fields connect sowing, labour, weather and seasonal change, while each painting keeps its own specific place and moment.
What is Van Gogh's most famous wheat field painting?
Wheat Field with Crows is especially well known, but it belongs to a larger group of wheat-field paintings from different periods.
Did Van Gogh paint wheat fields only at the end of his life?
No. He worked with sowers, harvests and fields earlier too; the Auvers paintings intensify a motif that had long interested him.
Representative Artworks
Sower (after Millet) 1881 · F830 
Harvest at La Crau 1888 · F412 
The Sower 1888 · F422 
The Sower 1888 · F451 
The Sower (large) 1888 · F450 
Reaper with Sickle (after Millet) 1889 · F687 
The green wheatfield behind the asylum 1889 · F718 
The Sower (after Millet) 1889 · F689 
Wheat Field with Cypresses 1889 · F717 
Wheat Field with Reaper 1889 · F617 
Blossoming Chestnut Trees 1890 · F752 
Chestnut trees in flower: pink and white blossoms 1890 · F751 
Country Road in Provence by Night 1890 · F683 
Farmhouse 1890 · F806 
Garden at Auvers 1890 · F814 
Landscape at Auvers in the Rain 1890 · F811 
Marguerite Gachet at the Piano 1890 · F772 
Pink Roses 1890 · F595 
Portrait of Dr. Gachet (first version) 1890 · F753 
Roses and Anemones 1890 · F764 
Sower (after Millet) 1890 · F690 
The Church at Auvers 1890 · F789 
The plain with farm near Auvers 1890 · F782 
The thatch-roofed cottages of Jorgus 1890 · F758