Peasant Woman Digging (A Woman with a Spade, Seen From Behind) is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It is in the collection of Art Gallery of Ontario.
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Year | July 1885 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 41.5 cm (16.3 in) × 32 cm (13 in) |
It is oil on canvas mounted on panel. It is 41.7 x 32.3 centimeters.[1]
It was painted in Nuenen, in July, 1885. It is part of a series of paintings of peasants, in Nuenen, where he lived for two years.[2][3][4][5]
Other examples are at the Art Institute of Chicago,[6] Van Gogh Museum,[7] Kröller-Müller Museum,[8][9] and Barber Institute of Fine Arts,[10][11]
Exhibition history
editIt was exhibited at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1999, Frist Art Museum in 2001, Appleton Art Museum in 2001, Zacks Galleries in 2006.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A woman with a spade, seen from behind". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ "A Peasant Woman Digging | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Highlights from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario. 2013. p. 136.
- ^ Hulsker, Jan (1996). The Complete Van Gogh. J.M. Meulenhoff. p. 184.
- ^ Teitelbaum, Matthew (1998). "Matthew Teitelbaum in Conversation with Bogomila Welsh". MJ: Member's Journal. 7 (1): 4–6.
- ^ Druick, Douglas. "The Carrot Puller". Art Institute of Chicago Journal. 30 (1).
- ^ "Peasant Woman Digging Vincent van Gogh, 1885". Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Vincent van Gogh The Drawings. Yale University Press. 2005.
- ^ Meedendorp, Teio (2007). Drawings and prints by Vincent van Gogh in the Kroller-Muller Museum. Thieme Grafimedia Groep. p. 298.
- ^ "A Peasant Woman Digging | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
- ^ Collections (2013-01-18). "Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)". The Barber Institute of Fine Arts. Retrieved 2023-11-09.