Vincent van Gogh
:
Tree Roots
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Artist
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Vincent van Gogh
(1853–1890)
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Alternative names
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Vincent Willem van Gogh
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Description
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Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
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Date of birth/death
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30 March 1853
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29 July 1890
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Location of birth/death
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Zundert
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Auvers-sur-Oise
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Work period
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between circa 1880 and circa July 1890
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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Work location
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Netherlands
(
Etten
,
The Hague
,
Nuenen
, …, before 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
),
Paris
(1886–1887),
Arles
(1888–1889),
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
(1889–1890),
Auvers-sur-Oise
(1890)
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Authority file
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artist QS:P170,Q5582
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Title
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English:
Tree Roots
Nederlands:
Boomwortels
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Object type
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painting
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Genre
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landscape art
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Date
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July 1890
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Medium
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oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions
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height: 50 cm (19.6 in); width: 100 cm (39.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,50.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,100.0U174728
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Collection
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Van Gogh Museum
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Accession number
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Place of creation
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Auvers-sur-Oise
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Notes
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Considered by some to be his last work. An 1882 study of tree roots (F933) is referred to in
a letter at the time
as representing the struggle for life but it's not known whether the same thoughts had returned here and in any case the colours
seem to bright for such sombre thoughts
. In this final painting, as in
Couple Walking in Rows of Poplar
(F773), the painting itself and not the subject is pre-eminent, heralding abstract painting and German expessionism (van der Veen and Knapp, p. 242).
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Leo Jansen on
Tree Roots
(video)
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References
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Catalogues raisonnés:
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Source/Photographer
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Museum page
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Zoom files
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Tiles page
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Permission
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Reusing this file
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