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Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
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About this work
Vincent van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy in southern France. Although initially restricted to painting in his room, he soon resumed working outdoors. This painting reveals the full power of his mature style. Trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey his emotional reaction to the subject.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTwo Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, 1889. Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Oil on fabric; framed: 81 x 66.7 x 7.3 cm (31 7/8 x 26 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.); unframed: 61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1958.32
