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Van Gogh painted this patch of meadow when he was a patient at the psychiatric hospital at Saint-Paul de Mausole, near the village of St-Rémy in the south of France. While at the hospital he made a number of sketches and paintings that look down at small areas of meadow or undergrowth. Although there is no horizon or sky, the path near the top of the picture creates an effect of depth. In contrast to the boundary formed by the path, the remaining space is open and potentially extends beyond the sides and bottom of the canvas. The grass is painted with distinct brushstrokes of varying length, laid down in clusters like the clumps they describe. Van Gogh’s interest in depicting nature in detail may have been encouraged by what he had read about Japanese culture, and his belief that ‘the wise Japanese man.
Title
Long Grass with Butterflies
Date
1890
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 64.5 x W 80.7 cm
Accession number
NG4169
Acquisition method
Bought, 1926
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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