Houses at Auvers by van Gogh Postcard

The back of the postcard reads:

Houses at AuversVincent van Gogh. Dutch, 1853-1890Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Houses at Auvers Postcard

(PH Wish from Teresa Ostrander)

Houses at Auvers was painted in 1890, shortly after Vincent van Gogh (a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist) arrived in Auvers-sur-Oise (northwest of Paris) and he seemed to be on the mend. Indeed, Vincent's first letters to his brother Theo from Auvers-sur-Oise were cautiously optimistic. His health was good, and he found his room comfortable. The village had a picturesque appeal; even the new homes were "radiant and sunny and covered with flowers."

Unlike the writhing rhythms that characterized his landscape work at Saint-Rémy, Vincent van Gogh's first paintings at Auvers, such as Houses at Auvers, exhibited a new stability, seen in the strongly interlocked strokes of heavy pigment. Houses at Auvers shows the landscape of early summer. The view creates a flattened tapestry of shapes in which the tiled and thatched roofs of the houses form a mesmerizing patchwork of color.

Additional Information:75.6 x 61.9 cm (29 3/4 x 24 3/8 in.)Oil on CanvasLandscapeOn view in the: Sidney and Esther Rabb Gallery (European Art 1870–1900), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

SOURCE:Vincent van Gogh Final Paintings