Letter to his brother theo.
Vincent van gogh first steps after millet.
Vincent van gogh painting oil on canvas saint rémy france.
In van gogh letters 1958 letter no.
On or about october 25 1889 van gogh museum amsterdam inv.
January 1890 the metropolitan museum of art new york new york united states of america north america f.
1883 image only van gogh.
Copies by vincent van gogh form an important group of paintings executed by vincent van gogh between 1887 and early 1890.
While at saint paul asylum in saint rémy de provence france where van gogh admitted himself he strived to have subjects during the cold winter months seeking to be reinvigorated artistically van gogh did more than 30 copies of works by some of his favorite artists.
First steps after millet.
So even though van gogh didn t begin his copies after millet until a few months before his death in 1890 he was writing to theo about his admiration for millet as early as 1873 and would have seen in person a version of millet s first steps fifteen years before undertaking his own interpretation of the work.
815 thanks theo for the millet reproductions which arrived the previous evening mentioning that it might be interesting to try to do millet s drawings as paintings.