Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
unframed: 61.6 × 45.7 cm · framed: 81 × 66.7 × 7.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Accession Number
1958.32
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Vincent van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy in southern France. Although initially restricted to painting in his room, he soon resumed working outdoors. This painting reveals the full power of his mature style. Trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey his emotional reaction to the subject.