Wheat fields Van Gogh made several painting excursions during visits to the landscape around Arles. He made paintings of harvests, wheat fields and other rural landmarks of the area, At various points, Van Gogh painted the view from his window – at The Hague, Antwerp, and Paris. These works culminated in The Wheat Field series, which depicted the view from his cells in the asylum at Saint-Rémy. Van Gogh was captivated by the fields in May when the wheat was young and green. His Wheatfields at Auvers with White House shows a more subdued palette of yellows and blues, which creates a sense of idyllic harmony. About 10 July 1890, Van Gogh wrote to Theo of “vast fields of wheat under troubled skies”. Wheatfield with Crows shows the artist’s state of mind in his final days. During his stay at the asylum he made about twelve paintings of the view of the enclosed wheat field and distant mountains.
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The Sower, 1889
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