Vincent van Gogh, 1890 - First Steps, after Millet - fine art print

Interesting facts about the over 130 year-old artwork

The piece of art titled First Steps, after Millet was made by Vincent van Gogh in 1890. The work of art had the following size of 28 1/2 x 35 7/8 in (72,4 x 91,1 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the Dutch artist as the medium of the artwork. Moveover, this work of art belongs to the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is located in New York City, New York, United States of America. The modern art public domain work of art is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of George N. and Helen M. Richard, 1964. Creditline of the artwork: Gift of George N. and Helen M. Richard, 1964. Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format with a side ratio of 1.2 : 1, which means that the length is 20% longer than the width. Vincent van Gogh was a male painter, botanical illustrator, printmaker, drawer, whose style can primarily be classified as Post-Impressionism. The Post-Impressionist painter lived for 37 years - born in the year 1853 in Zundert, North Brabant, Netherlands and died in the year 1890.

Original artwork specifications by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© Copyright - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

In fall and winter 1889–90, while a voluntary patient at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted twenty-one copies after Millet, an artist he greatly admired. He considered his copies "translations" akin to a musician's interpretation of a composer's work. He let the black-and-white images—whether prints, reproductions, or, as here, a photograph that his brother, Theo, had sent—pose "as a subject," then he would "improvise color on it." For this work of January 1890, Van Gogh squared-up a photograph of Millet's First Steps and transferred it to the canvas.

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