U is for Undergrowth

The name of this Van Gogh painting is “Undergrowth With Two Figures”

Some details:

Oil on canvas
50.0 x 100.5 cm.
Auvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890
F 773, JH 2041

Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Art Museum

In a letter to his younger brother, Theo, dated June 30, 1890, van Gogh explained the structure and brilliant colors of “Undergrowth with Two Figures”: “The trunks of the violet poplars cross the landscape perpendicularly like columns,” adding “the depth of Sous Bois is blue, and under the big trunks the grass blooms with flowers in white, rose, yellow, and green.” (google Art&Culture)

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