Potato Eaters
Vincent van Gogh · 1885 · crayon lithograph with scraping printed in dark brown on thin wove paper
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About this picture
Potato Eaters is a public-domain illustration by Vincent van Gogh, dated 1885. Crayon lithograph with scraping printed in dark brown on thin wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
This is a lithograph of 1885, made from The Potato Eaters, the painting of a Nuenen peasant family at the table. The sheet is the print, not that canvas.
About the artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was a Dutch painter who made most of his pictures in the last ten years of his life, in the Netherlands, Paris, Arles, and Auvers. Drawing from nature, thick paint, and intense color are the constants.
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