Cabanes blanches aux Saintes-Maries

1888

Vincent van Gogh1853 Zundert – 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise
We have 13 artworks by Vincent van Gogh online.
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Painted in June 1888. In February 1888 van Gogh moved from Paris to Arles. The actual breakthrough to the bright, intensive colourfulness that made him the forefather of European Expressionism was triggered by his stay in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer from May 30 to June 3. After his return, he converted two drawings of simple huts into paintings: Here, for the first time, he fully exploited the extreme contrasts of blue-orange, red-green, white-black, in deliberate exaggeration.
Also known as
Weisse Hütten bei Saintes-Maries White Cottages at Saintes-Maries Mas blancs à Saintes-Maries [historic]
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 33.5 x 41.5 cm
Inventory number
1995/0006
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Walter Haefner, 1995