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

Avenue of Poplars

March 1884, Nuene
Pencil and ink, 540 x 390 mm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Catalogue numbers: F 1239, JH 464.

Van Gogh was familiar with the tradition in Dutch art to depict country lanes and tree-lined roads. He had studied famous examples, such as Hobbema's The Alley at Middelharnis, in the National Gallery in London during his stay there in the 1870s.




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