The Grape Harvest
Currently on view
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848 - 1884), Damvillers, 1880
oil on canvas, 81.3 cm x 105.4 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)
Currently on view
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848 - 1884), Damvillers, 1880
oil on canvas, 81.3 cm x 105.4 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)
This painting is all about movement. The woman turns towards the men in the vineyard as if they are calling to each other. Your gaze automatically follows hers: behind the hill, a storm is looming.
Jules Bastien-Lepage began painting rural subjects in 1876. He had grown up in a farming village and his paintings showed the hard but honest life of country people. This made him an important model for Van Gogh.
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Ongekend. Verhalen rond 10 jaar aanwinsten, 5 February-12 September 2021
Maastricht, MECC, TEFAF Maastricht, 11-20 March 2016
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Aubrun, M.M., Jules Bastien-Lepage 1848-1884 : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre, 1985, p. 24, 182
Lobstein, Dominique, Lemoine, S., Lecasseur, M., Amiot-Saulnier, E., Montchal, J., Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884), 2007, p. 130-131, 136
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