Vincent van Gogh - Woman Sitting in the Grass 1887

View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic 1887 View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic 1887 Woman Sitting by a Cradle. Portrait of Leonie Rose Davy-Charbuy 1887 Woman Sitting in the Grass 1887 Self-Portrait 1887 Chestnut Tree in Blossom 1887 The Banks of the Seine 1887
Woman Sitting in the Grass 1887

Woman Sitting in the Grass 1887
41x34cm oil/cardboard
Private collection

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Catalogue Note from Sotheby's
Painted in 1887, Femme dans un champ de blé exemplifies Van Gogh’s stylistic experimentation following his exposure to the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists . On the advice of his brother Theo, Van Gogh moved to Paris in the Spring of 1886, to the popular area of Montmartre. Van Gogh made the most of the wealth of subjects that this new environment offered, as Belinda Thomson writes: "The Butte was a convenient location, as its popular windmills offered viewing platforms from which to enjoy panoramic views over the whole city. Socially too, Montmartre marked the raw junction between urban and rural life. The quarter was fast being colonised by artists’ studios and the entertainment world, dance halls, cheap brasseries, circuses. Yet, if one turned one’s back on the city, one confronted vineyards and market gardens, which provided a welcome reminder for Van Gogh of the scenes he had enjoyed painting at home" (B. Tomson, Van Gogh Paintings. The Masterpieces, London, 2007, pp. 47-48).