Wheat Field Under Clouded Sky

Wheat Field Under Clouded Sky

In the painting Wheat Field Under Clouded Sky, Vincent Van Gogh portrays a country landscape of Auvers-sur-Oise.

As an artist of Post-impressionism, he utilizes loose brush-strokes to repaint the wheat field, along with intense colors. This work came from a series of inspired oil paintings he produced a number of weeks prior to his death in 1890. Those artworks are thought-about to stand for isolation and his despair but are also interpreted in the sense of rejuvenation. The analogy on the cycles of the plants and nature itself can be made when analyzing this painting.

The artist painted around a dozen artworks with this very same landscape, as he was intensely drawn to nature’s purity. This love for landscapes can be seen as an impact of the Rationalist artists, as they would often depict country workers and their extreme life in the fields. This view on manual work is not just a social statement however likewise can be seen connected to spiritual work, in the feeling of spiritual assistance. Vincent van Gogh had a solid spiritual background, intending to become a priest when younger. This divine element can be seen in this collection in addition to most of his work.

The straightforward make-up, as well as the unusual proportion of the canvas, were chosen to amplify the painting as a landscape, and also this additionally contrasts with the intricacy of the dazzling and also thick brush strokes. The sky is in harmony portrayed just in shades of blues as well as uses up concerning two-thirds of the canvas. The clouds collect, nearly spiraling, in the top left corner and also are not pure white. They progressively dim as they touch the perspective on the ideal side of the painting. Van Gogh was able to softly repaint the movement of the breeze in the day-time sky.

The painter was able to depict depth in the wheat field as Vincent van Gogh uses the feeling of the paint stroke to his benefit. Using mostly environment-friendlies and yellows, he divides the fields in sections and also eludes to a viewpoint, routing the visitor’s eyes to the horizon. He damages the color pallet with mentions red, representing possibly some blossoms that expanded combined in the field, as they are corresponding to the sky.