Wild Roses

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, May-June 1889

oil on canvas, 24.5 cm x 33.5 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

This picture of wild roses may look very pleasant and peaceful, but Van Gogh was actually suffering a severe mental crisis at the time. He had entered the psychiatric clinic in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence as a voluntary patient, hoping to find peace there. As soon as he could, he went out into the gardens to paint or draw.

Van Gogh has painted the fragile blossoms naturalistically. But he has treated the green leaves differently. He has turned them into flat areas of plain colour surrounded by heavy blue outlines.

F-number
F0597
JH-number
JH2011
Object number
s0190V1962
Dimensions
24.5 cm x 33.5 cm, 41.8 cm x 51 cm
Provenance
With his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, after June 1889; probably before his death on 25 January 1891 donated to his mother Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, Breda; after her death on 29 April 1907 administered by her daughter-in-law Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; after her death on 2 September 1925 with her son Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, on 10 July 1962 to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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