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The Siesta (After Millet) – Vincent van Gogh Wall Art | Post-Impressionist Figure Canvas Print
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Painted in January 1890 at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy, Vincent van Gogh's The Siesta (After Millet) is a free reimagining of Jean-François Millet's engraving of farm labourers sleeping at midday beneath a haystack — a translation of a monochrome source into van Gogh's saturated, expressive colour. The sleeping couple, cocooned in warm yellows and blues, radiates a profound sense of peace and tenderness. One of the most beautiful of van Gogh's series of paintings after Millet, and a supreme expression of his empathy for ordinary working people.