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Wheatfield with Crows

Vincent van Gogh produced this oil painting, 'Wheatfield with Crows', in Auvers-sur-Oise in July 1890. It is one of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings. Although it is often claimed to be Vincent van Gogh's very last work, that is a persistent myth, as Vincent van Gogh made several other works after this one.

Vincent van Gogh used this painting to express 'sadness and extreme loneliness' through wheatfields under stormy skies, while Vincent van Gogh also wanted to show what Vincent van Gogh considered 'healthy and fortifying about the countryside'. Vincent van Gogh used powerful colour combinations: the blue sky contrasts with the yellow-orange wheat, and the red of the path is intensified by the green bands of grass. The menacing sky, the crows, and the dead-end path are said to refer to the end of Vincent van Gogh's life approaching, but that is not true.