Avenue of Poplars in Autumn
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Year Composed: 1884
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Third Garden
Year Composed: 1884
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: Netherlands
Floor Found in Château: Third Garden
About the Artwork
Vincent van Gogh speaks of his Avenue of Poplars in Autumn in correspondence with his brother, Theo, describing the painterly study of trees on a portrait-oriented canvas. A figure can be seen in the foreground traveling along the road down the pathway that cuts between these large, expansive trees. Van Gogh captures the natural essence of the fall foliage in the orange, brown, and red color palette seen in the entire painting.
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most influential historical figures of Western art. Most of his artwork came in the last several years of his life, and included portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. His artworks were very expressive with the bright palette and the loose, painterly brushstrokes. Over 2,000 of his works of art became the influential and inspirational cornerstone for modern works of art, including his Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers (1887), The Night Café (1888), and his Starry Night (1889).
About the Movement
Avenue of Poplars in Autumn was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vincent van Gogh speaks of his Avenue of Poplars in Autumn in correspondence with his brother, Theo, describing the painterly study of trees on a portrait-oriented canvas. A figure can be seen in the foreground traveling along the road down the pathway that cuts between these large, expansive trees. Van Gogh captures the natural essence of the fall foliage in the orange, brown, and red color palette seen in the entire painting.
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most influential historical figures of Western art. Most of his artwork came in the last several years of his life, and included portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. His artworks were very expressive with the bright palette and the loose, painterly brushstrokes. Over 2,000 of his works of art became the influential and inspirational cornerstone for modern works of art, including his Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers (1887), The Night Café (1888), and his Starry Night (1889).
About the Movement
Avenue of Poplars in Autumn was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands