Farms near Auvers (1890), A Painting by Van Gogh, Unframed C..More

Farms near Auvers' (1890)�is similar to�Thatched Cottages and Houses, a painting thought to have been executed shortly after arrival at�Auvers-sur-Oise,�a small town just north of Paris,�where�Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life, after he left�an asylum�at�Saint-R�my�in May 1890.�Shortly after arriving at Auvers, Van Gogh's sister�Wil: 'Here there are roofs of mossy thatch which are superb, and of which I'll certainly do something.'�In 1933 the painting was bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop to the�Tate Collection�in�London, where it currently resides.� *Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) : Van Gogh is a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most known and powerful figures within the history of Western art.�His paintings embrace landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits; defined by vibrant colors and dramatic, impulsive and communication technique that contributed to the foundations of recent art.�After suicide, he earned widespread vital, commercial and widespread success over the following decades, and he's remembered as vital however tragic painter.�Today, Van Gogh's works are among the world's costliest paintings ever sold-out, and his inheritance is worthy by a museum in his name, the Van Gogh Museum�in Amsterdam.