Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
Vincent van Gogh
Early 1887
Medium
Oil on canvas, mounted on pressboard
Dimensions
43.6 × 33 cm (17 1/8 × 13 in.); Framed: 61 × 50.8 × 7 cm (24 × 20 × 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
27954
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...