Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
Vincent van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy in southern France. Although initially restricted to painting in his room, he soon resumed working outdoors. This painting reveals the full power of his mature style. Trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey his emotional reaction to the subject.
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Details
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- framed: height 0.81 m, width 0.667 m, depth 0.073 m; unframed: height 0.616 m, width 0.457 m
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Palette
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- Image provider
- cleveland-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes Both · 99%
The title identifies the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, and the image visibly depicts a rural landscape with trees, hills, fields, and sky.
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Flora Both · 99%
Two prominent poplar trees and abundant additional vegetation dominate the composition.
Visual Qualities
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 99%
The image uses highly saturated blues, yellows, oranges, greens, and ochres with pronounced warm–cool contrasts.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting made in oil on fabric.
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Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 99%
Short, forceful, directional strokes are clearly visible throughout the sky, trees, hills, and foreground.
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Impasto Visual · 94%
Paint appears visibly raised and heavily built up in many passages, especially in the foliage, sky, and foreground.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1889, placing it within the nineteenth century.
Geographic Regions
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Dutch Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Vincent van Gogh as Dutch and lists the place of origin as the Netherlands.
Source & rights
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy. Cleveland Museum of Art.
High-resolution sources
- Original TIFF ↗ 10,950 × 14,640 · Cleveland Museum Of Art · Available