Landscape with Willows and Sun Shining Through the Clouds, 1884 by Vincent van Gogh

Landscape with Willows and Sun Shining Through the Clouds, created by Vincent van Gogh in 1884 depicts a row of pollarded willow trees, cut back to bare trunks each season in a centuries-old Dutch practice, standing along a flat, wintry landscape near Nuenen as a pale sun breaks through banked clouds. Rendered in pen, ink, and chalk with dense cross-hatching, the composition reflects van Gogh’s early fascination with rural labor and the sculptural, gnarled forms of trees that recur throughout his Dutch period.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Date: 1884.

Landscape with Willows and Sun Shining Through the Clouds, 1884 by Vincent van Gogh. Early Dutch Landscape Wall Art Canvas Print.