
Wheatfield with Crows
Vincent van Gogh, 1890
What you see
The canvas is very wide and splits almost into two bands: below, a restless yellow wheat field; above, a dark blue sky. Three reddish dirt paths edged with green grass start at the bottom edge; the middle one curves and vanishes into the wheat. A flock of crows flies over the field. The eye enters along the middle path and stops where it runs out.
The paint is thick and every stroke shows. The sky shifts from almost-black navy to pale blue, with two white patches that read as clouds. The wheat mixes yellows with touches of orange and green in short, wind-blown strokes, and the crows are simple black V-shaped marks. Spot the lone crow beside the cloud on the left.
About Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh began painting at 27 and in just ten years created about 900 paintings full of colour and swirling brushstrokes. He wrote hundreds of letters to his brother Theo, who always supported him. Hardly anyone bought his work while he lived; today his paintings are among the most loved in the world.
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