Wheatfield with Crows
1890 painting by van Gogh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wheatfield with Crows (Dutch: Korenveld met kraaien) is a July 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh. It has been cited by several critics as one of his greatest works.[1][2]
Wheatfield with Crows | |
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Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
Year | July 1890 |
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Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 50.2 cm × 103 cm (19.8 in × 41 in) |
Location | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
It is commonly stated that this was van Gogh's final painting. This association was popularized by Vincente Minnelli’s 1956 biopic Lust for Life, which depicts van Gogh painting it immediately before shooting himself. His final painting in actuality was Tree Roots.[3] The evidence of his letters suggests that Wheatfield with Crows was completed around 10 July and predates such paintings as Auvers Town Hall on 14 July 1890 and Daubigny's Garden.[4][5][6] Moreover, Jan Hulsker has written that a painting of harvested wheat, Field with Stacks of Wheat (F771), must be a later painting.[7]