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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).
The cottage was home to two families, one of which was the de Groots who were the subjects of The Potato Eaters [3] During March and the beginning of April 1885, Van Gogh sketched studies for the painting and corresponded with his brother Theo, who was not impressed with his current work nor the sketches Van Gogh sent him in Paris. [4]
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The Potato Eaters (Dutch: De Aardappeleters) is a painting by Van Gogh which he painted in April 1885 while in Nuenen, Netherlands. It is housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam . The version at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo is a preliminary oil sketch; he also made a version as a lithograph.
Inspired by Jean-François Millet, who he saw as the "eternal master" of the peasant genre, van Gogh saw the peasants as pious people ennobled by their hard labour and depicted them in several of what he called his 'clog works'. [1] In mid July 1885 he produced "six or so large canvases", including The Potato Eaters.
The high-end art market seems to be a great option for investment these days. On Tuesday, Vincent Van Gogh's painting, L'Allée des Alyscamps sold at a Sotheby's auction for $66.3 million to ...
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