Water Mill at Opwetten explained

Water Mill at Opwetten
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Artist:Vincent van Gogh
Year:1884
Medium:Oil on canvas on panel
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Height Metric:45.0
Width Metric:58.0
Museum:Private collection

Water Mill at Opwetten (F48) is an oil painting of the Watermill at Opwetten, created in 1884 by Vincent van Gogh. It is considered one of his first works using oil paint as a medium and anticipates Van Gogh's early realist masterpiece, The Potato Eaters.[1]

Van Gogh described the process of painting this piece to his brother Theo van Gogh in May 1884,[2] writing

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References

  1. Web site: (#336) Vincent van Gogh . Sotheby's.
  2. Web site: 448 (451, R50): To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 29 May 1884. - Vincent van Gogh Letters . 2023-02-15 . vangoghletters.org.