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The Potato Eaters (Dutch: De Aardappeleters) is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen, Netherlands. [ 1 ] It is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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Rainer Metzger and Ingo Walther have written, "The Potato Eaters was a synthesis of countless studies of peasants' heads, of people absorbed in work and handicrafts, which Van Gogh painted that winter in the cottages of poor people in the village. This time, the series approach resulted in a final triumph" (Vincent Van Gogh, Cologne, 1998, p. 46).
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Museum of Modern Art, New York. Theo criticised The Potato Eaters for its dark palette, which he thought unsuitable for a modern style. [222] During Van Gogh's stay in Paris between 1886 and 1887, he tried to master a new, lighter palette.
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