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Road on the Edge of Paris, Farmer Carrying a Spade, 1887 by Vincent van Gogh
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Road on the Edge of Paris, Farmer Carrying a Spade, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1887, depicts a solitary peasant figure trudging along a suburban road bordered by garden plots and slender trees on the outskirts of the city. Painted during his two years living with his brother Theo in Paris, the work’s fresh greens and cool blues mark Van Gogh’s rapid absorption of Impressionist colour and light, a decisive break from the dark, earthbound palette of his Dutch period. The subject, a labourer with a spade over his shoulder, reflects his enduring admiration for Jean-François Millet’s images of rural toil, even as the brighter Parisian palette signals the transformation that would carry him toward Arles the following year.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Date: 1887.
Road on the Edge of Paris, Farmer Carrying a Spade, 1887 by Vincent van Gogh. Paris Period Landscape Wall Art Canvas Print.