A Wheatfield, with Cypresses  1889

by Vincent van Gogh

Cypresses gained ground in Van Gogh’s work by late June 1889 when he resolved to devote one of his first series in Saint-Rémy to the towering trees. Distinctive for their rich impasto, his exuberant on-the-spot studies include the Met’s close-up vertical view of cypresses (49.30) and this majestic horizontal composition, which he illustrated in reed-pen drawings sent to hi...
Size: 
28 7/8 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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