The Large Plane Trees

The Large Plane Trees is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. Painted in 1889 in Saint-Rémy, France, the painting depicts roadwork underneath autumn trees with yellow leaves.

The Large Plane Trees
ArtistVincent van Gogh
Year1889
LocationCleveland Museum of Art

It is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Description

The Large Plane Trees is an oil painting on a 73.4 by 91.8 cm canvas.[1] Van Gogh depicted road work in Saint-Rémy, and the autumn yellow leaves of plane trees.[2][3]

The Road Menders, Van Goph's repetition of The Large Plane Trees.

This scene was repeated in The Road Menders, part of the Philips Collection in Washington D.C.[4] In 2013, the two paintings were displayed together as part of the Van Gogh Repetitions exhibition at the Phillips Collection before The Large Plane Trees was moved to the Cleveland Museum of Art.[5] Analysis shows that The Large Plane Trees was created first, with The Road Menders being a copy with virtually identical outlines.[5]

References
  1. "The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)". Cleveland Museum of Art. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. Heugten, Sjraar van (2018-03-06). Van Gogh and the Seasons. Princeton University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-691-17971-1.
  3. Art, Cleveland Museum of; Robinson, William H.; Robinson, William H.; Channing, Laurence; Bradley, Barbara J.; Burgess, Margaret (2007). Monet to Dalí: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art : an Exhibition. Hudson Hills. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-940717-90-9.
  4. Rathbone, Eliza; Elizabeth, Steele; Robinson, William H.; Steele, Marcia (2013-11-26). Van Gogh Repetitions. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19082-3.
  5. Adams, Henry (2013-10-02). "Seeing Double: Van Gogh the Tweaker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

Further reading
  • Marilyn Stokstad, David Cateforis, Stephen Addiss, Art History, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN 9780131455276
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