Vincent van Gogh - Thatched Cottages by a Hill 1890
Thatched Cottages by a Hill 1890
50x100cm oil/canvas
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
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From the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London:
Van Gogh loved the ‘mossy thatched roofs’ which he saw near his last home at Auvers, close to Paris. A row of dilapidated farm buildings dominates this picture, made a month before the artist’s death.
Their shapes are mimicked by the fields and hills behind. The hasty brushwork and blank sky suggest that the painting is unfinished.