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Landscape with the Chateau of Auvers at Sunset

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Details
Oil on canvas
50.0 x 101.0 cm.
Auvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890
F 770, JH 2040

Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum

History
Provenance
Exhibitions

Analysis
See below


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In May, 1890 Vincent van Gogh moved from Saint-Rémy in the south of France to Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris. It was here that he would begin the final, and most prolific, phase of his career.

Van Gogh's style would evolve and mature throughout his ten years as an artist. In Auvers-sur-Oise one of the most interesting and unique adaptations was his use of the "double-square" canvas measuring roughly 50 by 100 centimeters. In Letter 644 (24 or 25 June 1890) Van Gogh first wrote about adopting the double-square format:

Then I have a canvas 40 inches long and only 20 inches high, of wheat fields . . . .

Throughout June of 1890 Van Gogh would continue to work, although not exclusively, using the double-square format. Again, in Letter 644 Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo about Landscape with the Chateau of Auvers at Sunset:

Lastly, an evening effect--two pear trees quite black against a yellowing sky, with some wheat, and in the violet background the château surrounded by somber greenery.
As shown below, all of Van Gogh's double-square paintings are bold and vibrant and Landscape with the Chateau of Auvers at Sunset is especially so with its striking yellow sky. Ronald Pickvance mentions the effect of the sunset in the work and notes that, unlike his Arles and Saint-Rémy periods, Van Gogh never once depicted the sun itself in his final Auvers-sur-Oise period.1

The Chateau of Auvers dates from the seventeenth century and this is the only Van Gogh painting in which it appears.


Other Double-Square Paintings

Title F JH Location Thumbnail
Daubigny's Garden 776 2104 Hiroshima: Hiroshima Museum of Art

Daubigny's Garden 777 2105 Basel: Collection R. Staechelin

Field with Stacks of Wheat 771 2125 Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art

Field with Wheat Stacks 809 2098 Basel: Fondation Beyeler

Landscape at Auvers in the Rain 811 2096 Cardiff: National Museum of Wales

Marguerite Gachet at the Piano 772 2048 Basel: Kunstmuseum Basel

Thatched Cottages by a Hill 793 2114 London: Tate Gallery

Tree Roots and Trunks 816 2113 Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum

Undergrowth with Two Figures 773 2041 Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum

Wheat Field under Clouded Sky 778 2097 Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum

Wheat Field with Crows 779 2117 Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum

Wheat Fields near Auvers 775 2038 Vienna: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere


Notes

  1. Ronald Pickvance, Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986), p. 261.


Provenance

Owner City Country Date acquired Comments
Theo van Gogh Paris France 1890-91  
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Amsterdam Netherlands 1891-1925  
V.W. van Gogh Laren Netherlands 1925-62 On loan to the Stedelijk Museum 1931-62.
Van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam Netherlands 1962 On loan to the Stedelijk Museum 1962-73.
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam Netherlands 1973 On permanent loan from the Vincent van Gogh Foundation.


Exhibitions

Year City Country Venue Exhibition Name Start Date End Date No.
1905 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh 15 July 1905 1 August 1905 215
1914 Berlin (1) Germany Paul Cassirer Vincent van Gogh 30 März 1853-29 July 1890. Zehnte Ausstellung 1 June 1914 5 July 1914 129
1925 The Hague Netherlands Pulchri Studio Vincent van Gogh  
 
40
1926 Munich Germany Münchner Glaspalast Allgemeine Kunst-Ausstellung 1 June 1926 3 October 1926 2065
1927 Paris France Galerie Bernheim-Jeune Vincent van Gogh l'époque française 20 June 1927 2 July 1927
1930 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten 6 September 1930 2 November 1930 105
1946 Liège Belgium Musée des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh 12 October 1946 3 November 1946 170
1946 Brussels Belgium Palais des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh 9 November 1946 19 December 1946 170
1946-47 Mons Belgium Musée des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh 27 December 1946  
170
1947-48 London United Kingdom Tate Gallery Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 10 December 1947 14 January 1948 92
1948 Birmingham United Kingdom City Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 24 January 1948 14 February 1948 92
1948 Glasgow Scotland Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 21 February 1948 14 March 1948 92
1948 Bergen Norway Kunstforening Vincent van Gogh, Malerier Tegninger 23 March 1948 18 April 1948 63
1948 Oslo Norway Kunstnernes Hus Vincent van Gogh, Malerier Tegninger 24 April 1948 15 May 1948 63
1951 Lyons France Musée de Lyon Vincent van Gogh 5 February 1951 27 March 1951 78
1951 Arles France Musée Réattu Vincent van Gogh en Provence 5 May 1951 27 May 1951 78
1953 Saint Louis United States City Art Museum of Saint Louis Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 17 October 1953 13 December 1953 167
1954 Toledo United States Toledo Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 7 March 1953 30 April 1953 167
1954 Philadelphia United States Philadelphia Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 2 January 1954 28 February 1954 167
1954 Zurich Switzerland Kunsthaus Zurich Vincent van Gogh 9 October 1954 21 November 1954 76
1954-55 Bern Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Vincent van Gogh 27 November 1954 30 January 1955 69
1955 Antwerp (1) Belgium Feestzaal Vincent van Gogh 7 May 1955 19 June 1955 362
1955 Liverpool United Kingdom Walker Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh 29 October 1955 10 December 1955 80
1955-56 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester City Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh 17 December 1955 4 February 1956 80
1956 Newcastle-upon-Tyne United Kingdom Laing Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh 11 February 1956 24 March 1956 80
1958 San Francisco United States M.H. de Young Memorial Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 6 October 1958 30 November 1958 83
1958-59 Los Angeles United States Los Angeles County Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 10 December 1958 18 January 1959 83
1959 Portland United States Portland Art Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 28 January 1959 1 March 1959 83
1959 Seattle United States Seattle Art Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 7 March 1959 19 April 1959 83
1959-60 Utrecht Netherlands Centraal Museum Vincent van Gogh schilderijen en tekeningen verzameling Ir. V.W. van Gogh 18 December 1959 1 February 1960 63
1960 Montreal Canada Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Canada Collects: European Painting 1860-1960 6 October 1960 6 November 1960 77
1960 Ottawa Canada National Gallery of Canada Canada Collects: European Painting 1860-1960 17 November 1960 18 December 1960 77
1960-61 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 29 December 1960 31 January 1961 77
1961 Toronto Canada Art Gallery of Toronto Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 10 February 1961 12 March 1961 77
1961 Baltimore United States Baltimore Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 18 October 1961 26 November 1961 79
1961-62 Cleveland United States Cleveland Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 5 December 1961 14 January 1962 79
1962 Buffalo United States Albright Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 30 January 1962 11 March 1962 79
1962 Boston United States Museum of Fine Arts Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 22 March 1962 29 April 1962 79
1963 Humlebaek Denmark Louisiana Vincent van Gogh. Malerier og Tegninger 24 October 1963 15 December 1963 58
1964 Washington, D.C. United States Washington Gallery of Modern Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 2 February 1964 19 March 1964 58
1964 New York (4) United States Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 2 April 1964 28 June 1964 58
1967 Wolfsburg Germany Stadhalle Wolfsburg Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen 18 February 1967 2 April 1967 79
1968-69 London United Kingdom Hayward Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam 23 October 1968 12 January 1969 195
1970 Baltimore United States Baltimore Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 11 October 1970 29 November 1970 66
1970-71 San Francisco United States M.H. de Young Memorial Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 11 December 1970 31 January 1971 66
1971 Brooklyn United States Brooklyn Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 14 February 1971 4 April 1971 66
1973 Bern Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam 25 January 1973 15 April 1973 44
1986-87 New York United States Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers 12 November 1986 22 March 1987 80
1990 Amsterdam Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Vincent van Gogh. Schilderijen 30 March 1990 29 July 1990 129
1995 Tokyo Japan Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh and His Time. Landscapes from the Vincent van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum 14 September 1995 13 November 1995 12
1998-99 Washington, D.C. United States National Gallery of Art Van Gogh's Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 4 October 1998 3 January 1999 69
1999 Los Angeles United States Los Angeles County Museum of Art Van Gogh's Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 17 January 1999 16 May 1999 69
2001 Saint Louis United States St. Louis Art Museum Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard 17 February 2001 13 May 2001  
2005 Tokyo Japan National Museum of Modern Art Van Gogh in Context 23 March 2005 22 May 2005  
2005 Osaka Japan National Museum of Modern Art Van Gogh in Context 31 May 2005 18 July 2005  
2005 Nagoya Japan Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Van Gogh in Context 26 July 2005 25 September 2005  
2005-06 Brescia Italy Gauguin-Van Gogh: The Adventure of the New Color Museo di Santa Giulia 22 October 2005 26 March 2006 117


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