1881-83
(36 paintings)

Vincent van Gogh's earliest paintings offer some interesting insights into his ongoing development as an artist. Many of the paintings in the table below include subjects that Van Gogh would use throughout his career (farmhouses or a sower, for example). Stylistically some of the works seem flat and the colours aren't always used to their best effect, but these paintings nevertheless reflect an emerging genius.

Note: The paintings are sorted by month and then alphabetically within each month. More accurate dating is generally too difficult. As a rule, however, the JH (Jan Hulsker) numbers do follow a more precise chronological sequence.

Painting Name	Origin	Current Location	F	JH
Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs	The Hague: Late November-mid December, 1881	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	1	81
Still Life with Earthenware, Bottle and Clogs	The Hague: Late November-mid-December, 1881	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	63	920
Still Life with Yellow Straw Hat	The Hague: Late November-mid-December, 1881	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	62	922
Beach at Scheveningen in Calm Weather	The Hague: August, 1882	New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art	2	173
View of the Sea at Scheveningen	Scheveningen: 21 or 22 August 1882	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	4	187
Cluster of Old Houses with the New Church in The Hague	The Hague: August, 1882	United States, private collection	204	190
Dunes	The Hague: August, 1882	Private collection	2a	176
Dunes with Figures	The Hague: August, 1882	Bern, private collection	3	186
Edge of a Wood	The Hague: August, 1882	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	192	184
Fisherman on the Beach	The Hague: August, 1882	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	5	188
Fisherman's Wife on the Beach	The Hague: August, 1882	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	6	189
Girl in the Street, Two Coaches in the Background, A	The Hague: August, 1882	Winterthur, Villa Flora	13	179
Girl in the Woods	The Hague: August, 1882	Private collection	8a	180
Girl in White in the Woods	The Hague: August, 1882	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	8	182
Man Stooping with Stick or Spade	The Hague: August, 1882?	Izumi (Japan), Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts	12	185
Two Women in the Woods	The Hague: August, 1882	Paris, private collection	1665	181
Women Mending Nets in the Dunes	The Hague: August, 1882	Private collection	7	178
Bulb Fields	The Hague: April, 1883	Washington, National Gallery of Art, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon	186	361
Cows in the Meadow	The Hague: August, 1883	Soumaya Museum, Mexico City	15	387
Farmhouses in Loosduinen near The Hague at Twilight	The Hague: August, 1883	Utrecht, Centraal Museum (on loan from the van Baaren Museum Foundation, Utrecht)	16	391
Footbridge across a Ditch	The Hague: August, 1883	Private collection	189	386
Landscape with Dunes	The Hague: August, 1883	Private collection	15a	393
Lying Cow	The Hague: August, 1883	Korea, private collection	1b	388
Lying Cow	The Hague: August, 1883	Location unknown	1c	389
Marshy Landscape	The Hague: August, 1883	Private collection	n/a	394
Potato Digging (Five Figures)	The Hague: August, 1883	Hamburg, private collection	9	385
Sower (study), The	The Hague: August, 1883	Location unknown	11	392
Three Figures near a Canal with Windmill	The Hague: August (?), 1883	Location unknown	1666	383
Wind-Beaten Tree, A	The Hague: August, 1883	Location unknown	10	384
Cottages	Nieuw-Amsterdam: mid September-mid November, 1883	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	17	395
Farmhouses Among Trees	The Hague: September, 1883	Warsaw, Museum Jana Pawla II	18	397
Two Women in the Moor	Nieuw-Amsterdam: October, 1883	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	19	409
Landscape with a Church at Twilight	Drente: October, 1883	Private collection	188	413
Peat Boat with Two Figures	Drente: October, 1883	Assen, Drents Museum	21	415
Peasant Burning Weeds	Drente: October, 1883	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum / Assen, Drents Museum	20	417
Farm with Stacks of Peat	Nieuw-Amsterdam: mid November, 1883	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	22	421

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