2/internal/media/dispatcher/101397/fullThe Plain of Auvers1890[Vincent van Gogh]Vincent van GoghOil on canvasAs if after a downpour, a narrow strip of greeny-blue sky hangs over the plain at Auvers. The landscape seems to be absorbing this color. Although red and orange flowers still blaze in the foreground, toward the horizon the shades gradually merge into a uniform array of hues. A sense of depth and the high horizon evoke the wide expanse of the scene while the rolling countryside is captured in turbulent brushwork. Van Gogh spent the last two months of his life here at Auvers-sur-Oise. After his brother Theo sent him some long-awaited canvases and paints, Vincent was swept into a creative frenzy, making dozens of pictures such as this work. The painter died soon after its completion.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/9/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/128486/fullStill Life with Five Bottles1884[Vincent van Gogh]Vincent van GoghOil on canvas This still life, limited to only a few objects, is an impressive example of Vincent van Gogh’s early painterly work. We see five bottles in front of a window, four of them made of clay. An already emptied bottle lies in front of other, stoppered vessels. In 1884 Van Gogh was living in Antwerp, having moved there from The Hague. It was only a year prior that he finally turned away from drawing and toward painting. At that time, he admired socially critical painters such as the Belgian artist Charles de Groux, a representative of Radical Realism. The earthy colors and simple materials such as wood and clay in Van Gogh’s still lifes also reflect the preoccupations of realistic painting. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/7550/rdf