Wheat Field with a Lark
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In 1887, while Vincent van Gogh
was residing in Paris
, he executed an oil painting commonly known as Wheat Field with a Lark.
The center part shows a partially-harvested field of wheat under a sky patterned with light clouds. A lark takes flight toward the upper right.
The painting measures 21-1/4 x 25-3/4 inches and is housed in the Van Gogh Museum
in Amsterdam
.
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
was residing in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, he executed an oil painting commonly known as Wheat Field with a Lark.
The center part shows a partially-harvested field of wheat under a sky patterned with light clouds. A lark takes flight toward the upper right.
The painting measures 21-1/4 x 25-3/4 inches and is housed in the Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. It has the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world.-Background:...
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
.