Postcard with Two Peasants Digging
Vincent van Gogh · 1885 · pen and brown ink on a postcard
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About this picture
Postcard with Two Peasants Digging is a public-domain drawing by Vincent van Gogh, dated 1885. Pen and brown ink on a postcard. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Postcard with Two Peasants Digging” (1885) comes from the short working life, about 1880 to 1890, in which Van Gogh made nearly all his pictures. The date is what places it in Nuenen, Paris, Arles, or Auvers.
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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