The Old Church Tower at Nuenen with Ploughman, 1884 - by Van Gogh
Image ID: 29165
Bathed in a somber yet striking medley of earth tones, The Old Church Tower at Nuenen with Ploughman poignantly captures the rustic essence of village life. This Van Gogh masterpiece, painted during his time in Nuenen, utilizes short, expressive brushstrokes that accentuate the desolation and resilience nestled within the Dutch landscape. The dominant structure, the church tower, rises starkly against a gloomy sky, serving as a symbolic sentinel of time's passage and spiritual decay. Foregrounded by the figure of a ploughman and the vibrant, almost fiery red of the freshly turned soil, the painting offers a juxtaposition between the eternal and the ephemeral elements of life. As birds silhouette against the dimming light, the artwork invites contemplation on the cycles of life and labor in the pastoral settings that heavily influenced Van Gogh's early work. *** About The Old Church Tower at Nuenen ...
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Artists: Bierstadt, Bouguereau, Caillebotte, Cassatt, Cezanne, Corot, Degas, Gauguin, Gerstl, Gris, Klimt, Macke, Manet, Marc, Modersohn-Becker, Modigliani, Monet, Morisot, Pissaro, Poussin, Renoir, Schiele, Seurat, Sisley, Tissot, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh, |
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