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How many sowers did Van Gogh paint?
Van Gogh made more than 30 drawings and paintings on with sowers. Jean-François Millet was a big inspiration for Vincent. Both artists portrayed peasants and painting them showed that they were proud of being from the countryside.
"My dear Theo, I send you herewith two photographs — you’ll get another two of weavers later. I was planning to have 12 photographs taken, a series of Brabant scenes, including the 6 that I’m making for Hermans.”
Van Gogh sent photographs of a woman spinning and a sower. The paintings themselves are not known, we only know of them thanks to these two small photographs.
4 years later Van Gogh painted The Sower:
The Sower
Arles, 1888
32.5 x 40.3 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Today 137 years ago, on 30 September 1884,
Vincent van Gogh wrote to Theo from Nuenen:"My dear Theo, I send you herewith two photographs — you’ll get another two of weavers later. I was planning to have 12 photographs taken, a series of Brabant scenes, including the 6 that I’m making for Hermans.”
Van Gogh sent photographs of a woman spinning and a sower. The paintings themselves are not known, we only know of them thanks to these two small photographs.
4 years later Van Gogh painted The Sower:
The Sower
Arles, 1888
32.5 x 40.3 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Our hand-painted reproduction of Van Gogh's 'The Sower'.
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I had the pleasure of his company for the second and third time at the Art Institute of Detroit. I went two days in a row. Life long lover of the master, I just recently learned Van Gogh gave Millet the highest form of flattery. Andy Warhol faces a current dispute for thievery. I am partial to Vincent. I celebrate the complimentary colors, the frenzy of texture which provides the riot of energy form the sun, through our mirrors to our soul.