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Landscape from Saint-Rémy (Wheatfield behind Saint-Paul Hospital), 1889
Observing the enclosed field after a storm had ‘ravaged and knocked to the ground’ the crop of wheat, Van Gogh created this composition in which a large cloud hovers above the scene. ‘It’s a landscape of extreme simplicity’, he noted to Theo and, thinking about his decoration, suggested it would make a good contrasting pair to his first version of The Bedroom.
Oil on canvas
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen