Vincent van Gogh - The Woodcutter after Millet 1860

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The Woodcutter after Millet 1860

The Woodcutter after Millet 1860
43x25cm oil/canvas
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum

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Van Gogh made twenty-one paintings in Saint-Rémy that were "translations" of the work of Jean-François Millet. Van Gogh did not intend for his works to be literal copies of the originals. Speaking specifically of the works after Millet, he explained, "it's not copying pure and simple that one would be doing. It is rather translating into another language, the one of colors, the impressions of chiaroscuro and white and black."