''A Lane in a Public Garden in Arles'' is an 1888 painting by
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
depicting a lane running through the public garden in
Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
.
The painting is held at the
Kröller-Müller Museum
The Kröller-Müller Museum () is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of ...
in the Netherlands.
Description
The lane is surrounded by trees in different shades of green and yellow, as summer is being replaced by fall. The sky is blue and people are out walking on the lane enjoying the nice surroundings. ''A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles'' offers a harmonious vista where van Gogh's exquisite command of colors allows him to blend the different shades of green and yellow with the blue of the sky and the stones of the lane.
Van Gogh produced the painting in mid-September 1888, shortly after he had completed another view of the park: ''
The Poet's Garden'' (F468).
Letter 682
To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888. Van Gogh depicted the park in other works during this period, including: '' Entrance to the Public Park in Arles'' (F566), and '' The Public Park at Arles'' (F472).
See also
* List of works by Vincent van Gogh
References
Paintings of Arles by Vincent van Gogh
1888 paintings
Collections of the Kröller-Müller Museum
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