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Study for The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters), 1885 by Vincent van Gogh
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Study for The Potato Eaters, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1885 is his preliminary oil sketch for the finished masterpiece, showing the same five peasant figures gathered around a table beneath a single hanging oil lamp, sharing a modest meal of potatoes in near-total darkness. Painted in Nuenen in the weeks before he completed the final canvas, the sketch already establishes the composition, the somber earth-toned palette, and the atmosphere of quiet dignity that would define his most ambitious early work. It offers a rare view into how Van Gogh built up his most famous Dutch-period painting through repeated study of the same peasant family.
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890). Date: 1885.
Study for The Potato Eaters, 1885. Nuenen Dutch Realist Wall Art Canvas Print.