Landscape at Twilight, 1890
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Oil on Canvas, 50 X 101 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
(Vincent van Gogh Stichting)
F 770

SÀA crepuscular effect: two pear-trees, wholly black, against a yellowing sky, with grain-fields; and, in the purple background, the castle, enfolded by dark foliage.? This was how Van Gogh described the evocative landscape he painted shortly after sunset in the surroundings of the chàteau at Auvers. During the final months of his life, Vincent painted a number of works in this striking format, twice as wide as they were high – ideally suited to broad landscape views.