GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

Enclosed Wheat Field with Peasant

October 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas, 74 x 92 cm
Museum of Art, Indianapolis

Catalogue numbers: F 641, JH 1795.

Van Gogh often painted this view from his hospital window at Saint-Rémy.

Even when they are merely a background, the mountains can be menacing. This painting shows the mountains so close that our fear of confinement is automatically redoubled. The stone wall and the rocky crags complement each other; the mountainside makes it impossible for us to see the blue sky and eliminates the sense of horizon.