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Farms near Auvers
Bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop 1933
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<p>A view at Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris. Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life there, from mid-May 1890, when he left an asylum, to his death on 29 July. At the beginning of June, Van Gogh wrote to his sister: 'there are some roofs of mossy thatch here which are superb and of which I shall certainly make something'. This picture, which is unfinished, was probably begun soon afterwards. Painted direct from the motif, it shows how Van Gogh transformed what he saw into something entirely personal, using a vigorous brushwork and curving outlines to express an unsettling vitality and energy.</p><p><em>Gallery label, March 1996</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
5 March 1997
5 March 1997
1997-03-05
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
1997-03-05
Long Loan to the National Gallery
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
24 November 2006 – 2 July 2007
2007-07-02
24 November 2006 – 2 March 2007
2007-03-02
2006-11-24
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
23 March 2007 – 2 July 2007
2007-07-02
2007-03-23
Neue Galerie New York (New York, USA)
http://www.neuegalerie.org
2006-11-24
Van Gogh and Expressionism
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
8 October 2010 – 20 February 2011
2011-02-20
8 October 2010 – 20 February 2011
2011-02-20
2010-10-08
Complesso del Vittoriano (Rome, Italy)
2010-10-08
Vincent Van Gogh: Timeless Country - Modern City
Loan-out
10 March 2014 – 6 July 2014
2014-07-06
10 March 2014 – 6 July 2014
2014-07-06
2014-03-10
Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France)
2014-03-10
Le suicidé de la société
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
25 June 2016 – 29 January 2017
2017-01-29
25 June 2016 – 2 October 2016
2016-10-02
2016-06-25
National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh, UK)
21 October 2016 – 29 January 2017
2017-01-29
2016-10-21
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
2016-06-25
Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh
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
29 May 2021 – 5 September 2021
2021-09-05
29 May 2021 – 5 September 2021
2021-09-05
2021-05-29
Fondation Vincent Van Gogh (Arles, France)
2021-05-29
Laura Owens
Loan-out
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
17 October 2021 – 6 February 2022
2022-02-06
2021-10-17
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
2021-10-17
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
Loan-out
2 October 2022 – 22 January 2023
2023-01-22
2 October 2022 – 22 January 2023
2023-01-22
2022-10-02
Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, USA)
http://www.dia.org
2022-10-02
van Gogh in America
Loan-out
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
1 May 2025 – 1 May 2026
2026-05-01
1 May 2025 – 1 May 2026
2026-05-01
2025-05-01
National Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk
2025-05-01
National Gallery Bicentenary
Loan-out
2 July 2027 – 3 October 2027
2027-10-03
2 July 2027 – 3 October 2027
2027-10-03
2027-07-02
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2027-07-02
Delirious Van Gogh
Loan-out
Farms near Auvers
support: 502 × 1003 mm
frame: 644 × 1167 × 73 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>A view at Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris. Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life there, from mid-May 1890, when he left an asylum, to his death on 29 July. At the beginning of June, Van Gogh wrote to his sister: 'there are some roofs of mossy thatch here which are superb and of which I shall certainly make something'. This picture, which is unfinished, was probably begun soon afterwards. Painted direct from the motif, it shows how Van Gogh transformed what he saw into something entirely personal, using a vigorous brushwork and curving outlines to express an unsettling vitality and energy.</p>
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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-farms-near-auvers-n04713" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04713</span></a> </span><b>Farms near Auvers</b><span> 1890 </span>
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<p><span>Not inscribed</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 39 1/2 (50 x 100)</span>
<br/><span>Bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop 1933</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Mrs J. van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam; with Paul Cassirer, Berlin; C. Frank Stoop, London, 1910</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>Vincent van Gogh</i><span>, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, July-August 1905 (220) as 'Hutten'; </span><i>Dutch Art, 1450-1900</i><span>, RA, London, January-March 1929 (467); </span><i>Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenooten</i><span>, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, September-November 1930 (110, repr.); </span><i>Vincent Van Gogh 1853-90</i><span>, Tate Gallery, December 1947-January 1948 (97); Birmingham City Art Gallery, January-February 1948 (97); Glasgow City Art Gallery, February-March 1948 (97); </span><i>Les Sources du XXe Siècle</i><span>, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, November 1960-January 1961 (205)</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.793, Vol.1, p.225, repr. Vol.2, pl.221 as 'Vue à Auvers'; J.H. Johnstone, 'La Collection Stoop' in </span><i>L'Amour de l'Art</i><span>, 1932, p.201, repr. p.197; W. Scherjon and Jos. de Gruyter, </span><i>Vincent van Gogh's Great Period</i><span> (Amsterdam 1937), Auvers s. Oise No.223, p.376 repr.; J.-B. de la Faille, </span><i>Vincent van Gogh</i><span> (London and Toronto 1939), No.781, p.535 repr.; J.-B. de la Faille, </span><i>The Works of Vincent van Gogh</i><span> (Amsterdam 1970), No.F793, p.303 repr. as 'Farms near Auvers'; Paolo Lecaldano, </span><i>L'Opera Pittorica Completa di Van Gogh e i suoi Nessi Grafici</i><span> (Milan 1971), No.870, Vol.2, p.233, repr. p.232</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
</span><i>Apollo</i><span>, X, 1929, p.132 </span>
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<p><span>Writing to his sister W.J. van Gogh at the beginning of June 1890, soon after his arrival at Auvers (W21), van Gogh remarked: 'There are some roofs of mossy thatch here which are superb and of which I shall certainly make something'. The present work is probably one of the earliest <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> of this theme executed at Auvers and can be compared with F.750, the first picture painted after his arrival. It appears to be unfinished. Van Gogh had also made a number of paintings and <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>drawings</span></a> of thatched roofs during his Dutch period, including [</span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N04715" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N04715');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N04715</span></a><span>]</span><span>. </span>
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<p><span>The Paul Cassirer records show that Frank Stoop bought this picture on 5 January 1910 for DM8000. </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.294-5, reproduced p.294 </span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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