January 1890 the metropolitan museum of art new york new york united states of america north america f.
Vincent van gogh first steps after millet.
Vincent van gogh painting oil on canvas saint rémy france.
First steps after millet.
In van gogh letters 1958 letter no.
First steps by millet and by vincent van gogh i n fall and winter 1889 90 while a voluntary patient at the asylum in saint rémy van gogh painted twenty one copies after jean françois millet an artist he greatly admired.
Copies by vincent van gogh form an important group of paintings executed by vincent van gogh between 1887 and early 1890.
1883 image only van gogh.
Letter to his brother theo.
So even though van gogh didn t begin his copies after millet until a few months before his death in 1890 he was writing to theo about his admiration for millet as early as 1873 and would have seen in person a version of millet s first steps fifteen years before undertaking his own interpretation of the work.
While at saint paul asylum in saint rémy de provence france where van gogh admitted himself he strived to have subjects during the cold winter months seeking to be reinvigorated artistically van gogh did more than 30 copies of works by some of his favorite artists.
First steps after millet was created in 1890 by vincent van gogh in post impressionism style.