Graphite and gouache on paper
Tate Collection
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C Frank Stoop
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/vincent-van-gogh-1182" aria-label="More by Vincent van Gogh" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Vincent van Gogh</a>
Oise at Auvers
Bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop 1933
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
Auvers-sur-Oise
bridge
bridges and viaducts
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
cow
farmland
figure
France
landscape
Méry-sur-Oise
natural features (non-UK)
natural phenomena
people
places
river
River Oise
smoke
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
train
transport: land
tree
water: inland
<p>This was drawn during the final months of the artist's life, after he moved to Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890. It represents a view looking across the river Oise towards Méry and the Paris road. The view is taken from the top of a high and very steep embankment above a railway line. The old bridge of Auvers (since replaced by a modern structure) is on the right. The plumy forms in the bottom right-hand corner suggest the smoke of a passing train. It would appear that the trees along the riverbank are purely an imaginative addition by the artist. The work has been affected by fading and the colours are no longer as strong as they once were.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 1993</em></p>
paper unique graphite gouache
19 October 2002 – 26 January 2003
2003-01-26
19 October 2002 – 26 January 2003
2003-01-26
2002-10-19
Kunsthalle Bremen (Bremen, Germany)
21 February 2003 – 18 May 2003
2003-05-18
2003-02-21
Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, USA)
2002-10-19
Van Gogh: Feilds. The Poppy Field and the Artist' Debate
Loan-out
1 July 2005 – 31 December 2005
2005-12-31
1 July 2005 – 18 September 2005
2005-09-18
2005-07-01
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
12 October 2005 – 31 December 2005
2005-12-31
2005-10-12
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2005-07-01
Van Gogh Drawings
Loan-out
31 March 2006 – 24 September 2006
2006-09-24
31 March 2006 – 18 June 2006
2006-06-18
2006-03-31
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
7 July 2006 – 24 September 2006
2006-09-24
2006-07-07
National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
2006-03-31
Van Gogh and Britain: Pioneer Collectors
Loan-out
4 September 2008 – 7 December 2008
2008-12-07
4 September 2008 – 7 December 2008
2008-12-07
2008-09-04
Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria)
http://www.albertina.at/en
2008-09-04
Vincent van Gogh: Drawings and Paintings
Loan-out
12 January 2010 – 18 April 2010
2010-04-18
23 January 2010 – 18 April 2010
2010-04-18
2010-01-23
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
2010-01-12
The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters
Loan-out
24 June 2011 – 25 September 2011
2011-09-25
24 June 2011 – 25 September 2011
2011-09-25
2011-06-24
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
2011-06-24
Art and Revolution in Liverpool 1911
Loan-out
1 December 2014 – 26 July 2015
2015-07-26
18 April 2015 – 26 July 2015
2015-07-26
2015-04-18
Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts (Norwich, UK)
2014-12-01
Francis Bacon and the Masters
Loan-out
27 March 2019 – 11 August 2019
2019-08-11
27 March 2019 – 11 August 2019
2019-08-11
2019-03-27
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-03-27
Van Gogh and Britain
Exhibition
12 May 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
12 May 2023 – 3 September 2023
2023-09-03
2023-05-12
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
25 September 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
2023-09-25
Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France)
2023-05-12
Van Gogh & Auvers
Loan-out
The Oise at Auvers
support: 473 × 629 mm
frame: 690 × 822 × 32 mm
Bequeathed by <a href="/search?gid=999999963" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">C. Frank Stoop</a> 1933
<p>This was drawn during the final months of the artist's life, after he moved to Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890. It represents a view looking across the river Oise towards Méry and the Paris road. The view is taken from the top of a high and very steep embankment above a railway line. The old bridge of Auvers (since replaced by a modern structure) is on the right. The plumy forms in the bottom right-hand corner suggest the smoke of a passing train. It would appear that the trees along the riverbank are purely an imaginative addition by the artist. The work has been affected by fading and the colours are no longer as strong as they once were.</p>
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1993-09-30T00:00:00
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<p><b>Vincent van Gogh</b><span> 1853-1890 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gogh-the-oise-at-auvers-n04714" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04714</span></a> </span><b>The Oise at Auvers</b><span> 1890 </span>
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<p><span>Not inscribed</span>
<br/><span>Gouache and pencil on paper, slightly irregular, 18 3/4 x 24 3/4 (47.8 x 62.8)</span>
<br/><span>Bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop 1933</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Mrs J. van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam; C. Frank Stoop, London</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>Teekeningen door Vincent van Gogh</i><span>, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, December 1914-January 1915 (197); </span><i>Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten</i><span>, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, September-November 1930 (120); </span><i>Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-90</i><span>, Tate Gallery, December 1947-January 1948 (176); Birmingham City Art Gallery, January-February 1948 (176); Glasgow City Art Gallery, February-March 1948 (176); </span><i>Vincent van Gogh: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle</i><span>, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, April-June 1970 (64, repr.)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
J.-B. de la Faille, </span><i>L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh</i><span>
(Paris-Brussels 1928), No.1639, Vol.3, p.177, repr. Vol.4, pl.205 as 'L'Oise'; Douglas Cooper, </span><i>Drawings and Watercolours by Vincent van Gogh</i><span> (New York-Basle 1955), p.88, repr. p.89 in colour; J.-B. de la Faille, </span><i>The Works of Vincent van Gogh</i><span> (Amsterdam 1970), No.F1639, p.559 repr. as 'View across the Oise towards Méry and the Paris Road'; Paolo Lecaldano, </span><i>L'Opera Pittorica Completa di Van Gogh e i suoi Nessi Grafici</i><span> (Milan 1971), No.806, Vol.2, p.230, repr. p.228</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
</span><i>Apollo</i><span>, X, 1929, p.132 </span>
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<p><span>Not mentioned in the letters. Probably executed in June 1890 soon after van Gogh's arrival at Auvers. It represents a view from Auvers looking across the Oise towards Méry and the Paris road; the old bridge of Auvers (now replaced by a more modern structure) is on the right. The view is taken from the top of a high and very steep embankment above the railway line, the plumy forms in the bottom right-hand corner being probably suggested by the smoke of a passing train. The scene is still remarkably similar, with cattle grazing in the fields below, but it seems that the tall trees along the river bank may have been an invention of van Gogh's for compositional purposes. There is no trace of big trees thereabouts today and they look as though they were sketched in as an afterthought. </span>
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<p><span>Examination of the edges of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a>, where the colours have been protected by the mount, shows that most of the strokes of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>gouache</span></a> which are now whitish were originally pink. The fading has particularly affected the sky and has led to a colouristic imbalance in the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a>. In the original edition of de la Faille's catalogue, published in 1928, the roofs are described as vermilion, and the sky as pink, striped with white. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.293-4, reproduced p.293 </span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals architecture Auvers-sur-Oise bridge bridges and viaducts cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents cow farmland figure France landscape Méry-sur-Oise natural features (non-UK) natural phenomena people places river River Oise smoke society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features train transport: land tree water: inland