| Farms near Auvers | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
| Year | 1890 |
| Catalogue | F793; JH2114 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 50.2 cm × 100.3 cm (19.7 in × 39.5 in) |
| Location | The National Gallery,London |
Farms near Auvers orThatched Cottages by a Hill is an oil painting byVincent van Gogh that he painted in July 1890 when he lived inAuvers-sur-Oise, France.[1][2] The painting is an example of thedouble-square canvases that he employed in his last landscapes.[3]
Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris, after he leftan asylum atSaint-Rémy in May 1890.[4] Shortly after arriving at Auvers, Van Gogh wrote his sisterWil: "Here there are roofs of mossy thatch which are superb, and of which I’ll certainly do something."[5] The painting appears to be unfinished. It is similar toThatched Cottages and Houses, a painting thought to have been executed shortly after arrival at Auvers.[6]In 1933 the painting was bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop to theTate Collection inLondon, though it is currently on loan to The National Gallery.[6][7] It was painted the same month Van Gogh died.
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