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Grass and Butterflies, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh
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Grass and Butterflies, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889, is an intimate close-up study of a sunlit patch of meadow grass scattered with small white butterflies, painted in Arles in the difficult months following his hospitalization there. Rendered in dense, curling brushstrokes of green, gold, and rose that dispense with any horizon or sky, the composition immerses the viewer directly in the textures of overgrown grass. The painting belongs to a small group of intimate garden and grass studies from this period, when modest natural fragments close at hand became subjects worthy of his full attention.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Date: 1889.
Grass and Butterflies, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh. Nature Study Wall Art Canvas Print.