Parish Garden Garden in Nuenen in winter

ID: #7245 | TOP 100 | Postimpressionism | Landscapes

Date: 1884
Medium: drawing, pen and brown ink, lead white on paper
Location: Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
Dimensions: 38 x 51,5 cm

The painting "Parish Garden, Garden in Nuenen in Winter" provides insight into Van Gogh's early artistic period. During this time, he was still at the beginning of his artistic career and was experimenting with various styles and techniques. This painting demonstrates his interest in capturing light, atmosphere, and emotions in the landscape.

In December 1883 Van Gogh arrived in the parish in Nuenen to spend the next two years living with his parents. Although he had already regularly engaged in drawing, he now determined to study. Following the 'academic' curriculum he devised for himself, in the first year he concentrated solely on the study of drawing. The parsonage garden was particularly dear to his heart, and in early spring he made many drawings of it. Later two sheets of a series of six large-scale landscapes were also dedicated to this subject. One of these is this early masterpiece of Van Gogh's. The gnarled trunks of the bare trees dominate a barren landscape captured with dramatic power: a poetic document of the inner solitude of the artist working in seclusion. Van Gogh was well aware that this series was special, so he sent a few sheets to his art-dealer brother to sell. His expectations were, however, as so often, to meet with disappointment.

Gogh painted picture Parish Garden Garden in Nuenen in winter in 1884. Prevailing color of this fine art print is b&W and its shape is portrait. Original size is 38 x 51,5 cm. This art piece is located in Museum of Fine Arts Budapest. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890). Dutch painter belonging to Post-Impressionism. His paintings (some 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches) are among the most famous in the world and are sold for exorbitant sums (except for those in our shop). Parisian Impressionists He lived in Paris from 1886 and was influenced by the use of bright colours - most of his works were painted during this period. In his paintings, Gogh uses contrasting colours (often blue and orange - he said that I want to use colours other contrasts to each of them shone even more to contrast a man and a woman). He was known for his excesses and amputated an ear after the break-up of his friendship with Gauguin. There is a lot of speculation about this incident (he possibly suffered from heavy metal poisoning from paint that had caused mental problems). In 1890, unfortunately he committed suicide.