cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/artporn/p/1482941/wheatfield-under-thunderclouds-by-vincent-van-gogh-1890
Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds is an 1890 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. The painting measures 50.4 cm × 101.3 cm (19.8 in × 39.9 in). It depicts a relatively flat and featureless landscape with fields of green wheat, under a foreboding dark blue sky with a few heavy white clouds. The horizon divides the work almost into two, with shades of green and yellow below and shades of blue and white above.
And also:
Minor planet 4457 Van Gogh is named in his honour. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatfield_Under_Thunderclouds
A lot more Vincent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Vincent_van_Gogh
Oh yes personal story time! When I went to study to university more than 10 yrs ago, I lived for 1 year in a family and they had this painting on a mug. I drank from that mug every morning for a year.
Missed the mug after that, but went to Amsterdam shortly after! Went to the van Gogh museum, saw the painting as it naturally became one of my favorites from Mr one ear and found the mug. Of course I bought it!
Right next to it is the wheatfield with crows
. I find it very complementary to the thundercloud one. Previous experts thought the crows foreshadowed van Gogh's impending death but recent analysis of his writings have shown that in this case the flight of birds symbolise movement and flux more than stillness and death. I went back to the museum this year and they had the mug of that one! Of course I bought it. I'm a happy person with my van Gogh mugs.
If you read this, I can recommend these mugs.
I have an old notebook with that painting as the cover!
Man it would be cool to have an entire set of can Gogh painting mugs. Keep adding to the collection!