The Reaper (after Millet)
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, September 1889
oil on canvas, 44 cm x 33 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, September 1889
oil on canvas, 44 cm x 33 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
A stooped figure with a scythe is ready to harvest wheat. Van Gogh copied this scene from a print. Copying was an exercise for beginning painters, but he was not embarrassed to do it: 'I can assure you that it interests me enormously to make copies, and that not having any models for the moment it will ensure, however, that I don’t lose sight of the figure,' he wrote to Theo.
Van Gogh had received hardly any formal training. He had taught himself to draw and paint mainly through endless practice. He had an especially hard time with figures at work. That was a subject he kept practising until the end of his career.
Mons, BAM - Beaux-Arts Mons, Van Gogh in de Borinage. De geboorte van een kunstenaar, 25 January-17 May 2015
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh aan het werk, 1 May 2013-13 January 2014
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 1912 – Mission Moderne. Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, 31 August-30 December 2012
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Goghs brieven. De kunstenaar aan het woord, 9 October 2009-3 January 2010
Brescia, Museo di Santa Giulia, Gauguin/Van Gogh. L'avventura del colore nuovo, 22 October 2005-19 March 2006, no. 101
Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Van Gogh and the Labors of the Field, 15 January-9 June 2002
Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Millet - Van Gogh, 14 September 1998-10 January 1999
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh and his time. Van Gogh & Millet from the Vincent van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum, 15 September-14 November 1993
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Van Gogh & Millet, 9 December 1988-26 February 1989
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Vincent van Gogh, 28 January-4 April 1988
Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum, Van Gogh in Brabant. Schilderijen en tekeningen uit Etten en Nuenen, 2 November 1987-10 January 1988, no. 101
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Zurück zur Natur. Die Kunstkolonie von Barbizon. Ihre Vorgeschichte und ihre Nachwirkung, 6 November 1977-22 January 1978
Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Vincent van Gogh exhibition, 24 February-14 March 1977
Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto), Vincent van Gogh exhibition, 6 January-20 February 1977
Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo), Vincent van Gogh exhibition, 30 October-19 December 1976
Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam, 25 January-15 April 1973, no. 36
Strasbourg, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg, Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam, 22 October 1972-15 January 1973
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam, 21 December 1971-10 April 1972, no. 90
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 14 February-4 April 1971, no. 52
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 11 December 1970-31 January 1971, no. 52
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 11 October-29 November 1970, no. 52
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 28 February-5 April 1970
Saint Louis, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 20 December 1969-1 February 1970
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 14 October-1 December 1969
London, Hayward Gallery, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam, 23 October 1968-12 January 1969, no. 166
Wolfsburg, Stadthalle Wolfsburg, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 18 February-2 April 1967, no. 69
Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 7 February-26 March 1963
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 11 December 1962-29 January 1963
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Carnegie Institute, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 18 October-4 November 1962
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 22 March-29 April 1962, no. 66
Buffalo (New York), Albright Art Gallery, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 30 January-11 March 1962, no. 66
Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 5 December 1961-14 January 1962, no. 66
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 18 October-26 November 1961, no. 66
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Vincent van Gogh schilderijen en tekeningen, verzameling Ir. V.W. van Gogh, 18 December 1959-1 February 1960, no. 56
Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 7 March-19 April 1959, no. 72
Portland (Oregon), Portland Art Museum (Oregon), Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 28 January-1 March 1959, no. 72
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 10 December 1958-18 January 1959, no. 72
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 6 October-30 November 1958, no. 72
Mons, Museum voor Schoone Kunsten, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Son art et ses amis, 22 March-5 May 1958
Deventer, De Muntentoren, Schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh, 31 January-20 February 1958
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Vincent van Gogh, 21 December 1957-27 January 1958
Leiden, Museum De Lakenhal, Vincent van Gogh, 9 November-16 December 1957
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Vincent van Gogh, 12 March-28 April 1957, no. 74
Breda, Cultureel Centrum De Beyerd, Vincent van Gogh, 2-24 February 1957
Newcastle upon Tyne, Laing Art Gallery, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings & Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh, 11 February-24 March 1956, no. 65
Manchester (England), Manchester City Art Gallery, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings & Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh, 17 December 1955-4 February 1956, no. 65
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings & Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh, 29 October-10 December 1955, no. 65
Antwerp, Zaal Comité voor Artistieke Werking, Vincent van Gogh, 7 May-19 June 1955, no. 316
New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 27 March-20 April 1955, no. 30
Miami, Lowe Gallery of the University of Miami, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 24 February-20 March 1955, no. 30
Palm Beach (Florida), Society of the Four Arts, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 21 January-13 February 1955, no. 30
Willemstad, Curaçaosch Museum, Vincent van Gogh, 19 December 1954-15 January 1955
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Vincent van Gogh, 9 October-21 November 1954, no. 69
Toledo (Ohio), Toledo Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 7 March-30 April 1954, no. 136
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 2 January-28 February 1954, no. 136
Saint Louis, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 17 October-13 December 1953, no. 136
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Eeuwfeest Vincent van Gogh, 23 July-20 September 1953, no. 150
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Eeuwfeest Vincent van Gogh, 24 May-19 July 1953, no. 150
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Vincent van Gogh, 30 March-17 May 1953, no. 158
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Vincent van Gogh, 22 March-4 May 1952
Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Vincent van Gogh, 20 February-16 March 1952
Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Tentoonstelling schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh, 1 December 1951-1 January 1952
Nijmegen, Waaggebouw, Tentoonstelling schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh, 3-26 November 1951
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Hôtel de Sade, Vincent van Gogh en Provence, 5-27 May 1951, no. 71
Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble, Vincent van Gogh, 30 March-2 May 1951
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Vincent van Gogh, 5 February-27 March 1951, no. 71
Paris, Galerie Bignou, La peinture francaise au Musée Municipal d'Amsterdam, 21 April-12 May 1950, no. 6
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Vincent van Gogh. Collectie ir. V.W. van Gogh, 12 October 1948-10 January 1949
Groningen, Museum van Oudheden, Vincent van Gogh, 18 October-16 November 1947
Geneva, Musée Rath, 172 oeuvres de Vincent van Gogh (1852-1890), 22 March-20 April 1947, no. 145
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Vincent van Gogh, 24 January-15 March 1947, no. 145
Mons, Museum voor Schoone Kunsten, Vincent van Gogh, 27 December 1946-January 1947, no. 144
Brussels, Paleis voor Schoone Kunsten, Vincent van Gogh, 9 November-19 December 1946, no. 144
Liege, Museum voor Schoone Kunsten, Vincent van Gogh, 12 October-3 November 1946, no. 144
Norwich (Connecticut), Slater Memorial Museum, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 2-19 December 1945
Addison Gallery of American Art, Fourteen Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, 26 September-22 October 1945
New York, Museum of Modern Art (New York), Fourteen Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 3-26 August 1945
Québec, Musée du Québec, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 11 May-3 June 1945
Toronto, Art Gallery of Toronto, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 6-29 April 1945
Syracuse (New York), Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 4-25 March 1945
Louisville (Kentucky), J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 4-25 February 1945
New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 7-28 January 1945
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Paintings by Van Gogh, 3-27 December 1944
Charleston, Gibbes Art Gallery, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 29 October-26 November 1944
Richmond (Virginia), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Modern Dutch art. Art of Our Allies Series, 1-22 October 1944
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 28 June-24 September 1944
Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne Art School & Museum, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 10-29 May 1944, no. 8
Montréal, Art Association of Montreal, Loan Exhibition of Great Paintings. Five Centuries of Dutch Art/Exposition de Tableaux Célèbres. Cinq Siècles d'Art Hollandais, 9 March-9 April 1944, no. 133
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 11-27 February 1944, no. 8G
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 5-30 January 1944, no. 8G
Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 8 November-12 December 1943, no. 8G
New York, Wildenstein & Company, The Art and Life of Vincent van Gogh. Loan Exhibition in Aid of American and Dutch War Relief, 6 October-7 November 1943, no. 56
Springfield, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Contemporary Dutch Artists, September 1943
Saint Louis, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 17 July-15 August 1943
Montgomery (Alabama), Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh/Oils by Van Gogh, 30 May-30 June 1943
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Art Alliance, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh/Oils by Van Gogh, 30 April-23 May 1943
Northampton (Massachusetts), Smith College Museum of Art, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh/Oils by Van Gogh, 5-22 April 1943
Toledo (Ohio), Toledo Museum of Art, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 7-28 March 1943
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Carnegie Institute, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 5 February-1 March 1943
Albany (New York), Albany Institute of History & Art, An Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art. 14 Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Work by Contemporary Dutch Artists, 6-26 January 1943
Providence (Rhode Island), Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Paintings by Van Gogh, 5-30 December 1942
Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Paintings by Van Gogh, 28 October-28 November 1942, no. 17
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, Paintings by Van Gogh, 18 September-18 October 1942, no. 17
Dayton, Dayton Art Institute, Vincent van Gogh, 1 March-1 April 1942
Spokane (Washington), Spokane Art Center, A Collection of Fourteen Original Oil Paintings by Vincent van Gogh from the Municipal Museum of Amsterdam, 12-22 December 1941
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Van Gogh and Jongkind, 9 September-14 October 1941
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Fourteen Paintings by the Great Post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh, 10-27 July 1941
Dallas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Vincent van Gogh, 8 June-6 July 1941
Boston, Jordan Marsh Company Galleries, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 3-16 March 1941
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Person Hall Art Gallery, Paintings from the Family Collection of Van Gogh, 3-21 February 1941
Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, Paintings. Van Gogh, 1-15 December 1940
Grand Rapids, Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 5-21 November 1940
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Vincent van Gogh, September-October 1940
New York, Holland House, Exhibition of Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 6 June-19 July 1940, no. 8
New Haven (Connecticut), Gallery of Fine Arts of Yale University, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 14 April-28 May 1940
Cambridge (Massachusetts), Harvard Art Museums, Fogg Museum, Paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 11 March-10 April 1940
Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Masterpieces of Art from the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs, 7 February-7 March 1940
San Francisco, Treasure Island, Palace of Fine and Decorative Arts, Masterworks of Five Centuries, 18 February-29 October 1939, no. 178
Bandung, Jaarbeursgebouw, Vierde collectie Regnault, 24-31 January 1939
Surabaya, Kunstkringhuis Soerabayische Kunstkring, Expositie van schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh, 13-19 January 1939
Museum van den Bataviaschen Kunstkring, Vierde collectie Regnault, 17 May 1938-January 1939, no. 36
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Vincent van Gogh, 28 April-24 May 1936, no. 57
Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh, 25 March-19 April 1936, no. 57
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vincent van Gogh, 19 February-15 March 1936, no. 57
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh, 11 January-10 February 1936, no. 57
New York, Museum of Modern Art (New York), Vincent van Gogh, 5 November 1935-5 January 1936, no. 57
Hilversum, Makkermacht, [titel onbekend], 29-30 November 1930
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten, 6 September-2 November 1930, no. 96
London, Leicester Galleries, Vincent van Gogh, June 1930
Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz, 24 February-31 March 1929
Munich, Graphisches Kabinett (München), Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz, 22 November-24 December 1928, no. 31
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz, 3 October-11 November 1928
Vienna, Neue Galerie, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, 5 May-17 June 1928, no. 41
Frankfurt am Main, Galerie M. Goldschmidt, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, 15 March-15 April 1928, no. 44
Berlin, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, 15 January-1 March 1928, no. 72
The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh, 21 March-26 April 1925, no. 33
Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Exposition rétrospective d'oeuvres de Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), 5-24 January 1925, no. 46
Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Ausstellung Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 12 October-30 November 1924, no. 31
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Vincent van Gogh, 3 July-10 August 1924, no. 61
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Vincent van Gogh, 27 March-4 May 1924, no. 62
Cologne, Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Aachener Tor, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler zu Cöln 1912, 25 May-30 September 1912, no. 76
Munich, Brakl, Vincent van Gogh, October-December 1909, no. 41
Berlin, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, [titel onbekend], October 1908, no. 54
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh tentoonstelling, 3-24 September 1908
The Hague, Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh tentoonstelling, Summer 1908
Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Kunstverein, V. van Gogh Ausstellung, 14-28 June 1908, no. 61
Dresden, Kunsthandlung Emil Richter, Vincent van Gogh/Paul Cézanne, April-May 1908
Munich, Moderne Kunsthandlung, Vincent van Gogh, March-April 1908, no. 50
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Cent tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, 6 January-1 February 1908
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