Wheat Field with View of Arles by Van Gogh Odilon Redon elemental energy so characteristic of

elemental energy so characteristic of his late period — nature rendered not as scenery

held in place by tightly controlled tonal contrast

Clean edges

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Wheat Field with View of Arles by Van Gogh Odilon Redon elemental energy so characteristic ofLooking out from a field of ripening wheat toward the ancient rooftops and church spire of Arles, this vertical composition radiates the warm, saturated light of the southern French summer. Van Gogh painted the scene during his time in Provence in 1888, framing the town in a haze of golden and olive tones against a vivid blue sky. The portrait orientation draws the eye upward through bands of color earth, crop, town, sky creating a quietly meditative