Enclosed Field with Ploughman by Vincent Van Gogh

The Plough and the Harrow (after Millet) by Vincent van Gogh, painted in 1889, is an oil-on-canvas landscape from his Saint-Rémy period. Based on a composition by Jean-François Millet, it shows a farmer guiding a horse-drawn plough across rolling fields beneath a sweeping sky. Van Gogh transforms the rural scene with thick impasto, golden ochres, blue shadows, and rhythmic strokes. The work reflects his admiration for peasant labor and his belief in nature as a source of spiritual meaning.

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter known for vivid color, expressive line, and emotionally charged brushwork. He often drew inspiration from earlier artists, especially Millet, whose images of rural workers deeply influenced him. During his final years, Van Gogh reinterpreted landscapes, portraits, and still lifes with increasing intensity. Though little recognized in life, he became one of the most important artists of modern Western art.