PEASANT GIRL
By VINCENT VAN GOGH
"PEASANT GIRL" (36.2"/28.7" inches) oil on canvas, Painted by VINCENT VAN GOGH in 1890 (Auvers). Now it is collected by Hahnloser, Winterthur, Switzerland.
THE conception of this portrait is pure VAN GOGH.
Somewhat stiff- arranged, self conscious, it is a search for the natural human being in its own milieu.
Sitting in the high wheat, the young peasant girl bears the natural tones of the field in her apron, her hat & her skin, while her cheeks are ruddy like the poppies nearby.
Against the less saturated warm tones of the wheat & the apron, the blue of the blouse, with its multitude of tiny red spots, stands out in jewel like brilliance.
We leap then beyond the head to the golden yellow of the hat & its orange brown shadow, for warm counterparts & on this hat the light clear blue of the ribbon is a related fresh contrast.
Underneath the sophisticated, but some, pure what abrupt colouring, patterns & textural variations of this portrait we rediscover the driving sincerity & robustness of the early brown peasant paintings of VAN GOGH.
VINCENT VAN GOGH PAINTINGS.