Saint-RémyFrance Rain by Van Gogh at the Philadelphia Art Museum by VanGoghology July 19, 2024 1.5K views 2 minutes read 1.5K Rain is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art - Enclosed Field with Peasant is on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Enclosed Field with Peasant - Oct 1889 Rain - November 1889 Vincent frequently revisited scenes of the enclosed wheat field behind the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole hospital during his residence at the asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. After all, this was the view from his bedroom window, which consequently served as the main feature in many of his iconic paintings from this period, depicting at least 14 scenes as they appeared at different times of day and in varying seasons.Rain depicts a freshly sown wheat field. You can see the uneven furrow of earth that slices diagonally across the foreground, an unsettling seam that mirrors the wall’s shape. The mint-green, blue, and white lines that adorn the landscape form a screen of droplets when observed close-up. The perpendicular strokes in this painting are a tribute to the Japanese woodblock prints that Van Gogh admired, which depicted rain in a similar manner. Van Gogh created the strokes during an autumn rain deluge that forced him indoors. Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art. The reverse label shows renowned art dealer M. Paul Rosenberg. Much of Rosenberg’s collection was stolen from the Nazis during WWII. Following the liberation of Paris in August 1944, the French Resistance discovered a train transporting 148 crates of valuable art en route to Germany. Paul’s son, Lieutenant Alexandre Rosenberg, and six volunteers hijacked the train just outside of Paris, recovering some of Rosenberg’s stolen art. The French government seized Rosenberg’s apartment at 21 Rue la Boétie (written on the label) and later returned the property to Rosenberg. Upon Van Gogh’s death in 1890, the artwork was bequeathed to Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. In 1903, it was displayed at the Munich Secession exhibition, where it was acquired by the director of the National Gallery (Berlin), Hugo von Tschudi. Upon his demise in 1911, his wife, Angela von Tschudi, inherited it. She loaned it to the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, and in 1928, the painting was sold to the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg, who then sold it to American connoisseur of art and antiques Henry Plumer McIlhenny in 1949.McIlhenny served as a curator of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1939 to 1964 and chairman of the board in 1976. After he died in 1986, he bequeathed his art collection to the museum in remembrance of his mother, Frances Plumer McIlhenny. 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditEmail previous post Lust for Life Kirk Douglas as Vincent next post Just Stop Oil Protestors Vandalize Van Gogh Paintings You may also like The Decline of Saint Paul de Mausole Saint... Lust for Life Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh or not Van Gogh, that is... The Enchanting Tale of Van Gogh’s “The Starry...
