Peasant burning weeds

Vincent van Gogh

It is a bleak autumn evening at the end of October 1883. The sun is setting. A peasant is stoking a fire on a bare piece of land. Not for the heat, but to burn weeds. At least, that's what Vincent van Gogh assumes. It might as well be something completely different that is going up in flames. The painter doesn't really care. To him it is just a beautiful and fascinating image. In the evenings he often goes outside to study the farmer and his fire.

Manufacturer	Vincent van Gogh
Manufacturing period	1883
Material	Doek, olieverf, paneel
Creditline	Collection Drents Museum, Assen | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, Mondriaan Fund, Rembrandt Association (with the additional support of her Themafonds Impressionisme/Claude Monet Fonds and the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds), Province of Drenthe, Stichting Beringer Hazewinkel, Stichting Steunfonds Drents Museum, Stichting Vrienden van het Drents Museum & Vincent van Gogh Stichting