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Houses at Auvers

Artist Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)

Place of OriginAuvers-sur-Oise, France

Date1890

DimensionsPainting: 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm)
Framed: 33 1/4 x 38 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (84.5 x 97.2 x 9.8 cm)

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1935.5

Not on View

Collections

Paintings

Published ReferencesFaille, J.B. de la, L'oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, 1st ed., Brussels, 1928, I, no. 759, II, pl. CCXII.

Rosenberg, Paul, Great French Masters of the Nineteenth Century: catalogue of the exhibition presented at the Durand-Ruel Galleries, New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, 1934, no. 24, repr.

"Toledo Acquires French Paintings," Art News, XXXIII, February 23, 1935, p. 8, repr.

Parnassus, VII, May 1935, p. 35, repr.

Scherjon, W. and J. de Gruyter, Vincent van Gogh's Great Period, Amsterdam, 1937, p. 319, no. 125, repr.

Godwin, Blake-More, European Paintings in the Toledo Museum, 1939, p. 252, repr. p. 253.

Gibson, Katharine, More Pictures to Grow up With, New York, 1946, p. 73, repr.

Work by Vincent van Gogh: catalogue of a loan exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, November 3 through December 12 1948, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948, no. 31, pl. XXX.

Godwin, Molly Ohl, Master Works, Toledo, 1953, p. 42-43, repr. (col.).

Bostick, William A., designer, Two Sides of the Medal, French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1954, no. 123, p. 57, 68, repr.

Loan exhibition Van Gogh: March 24-April 30, 1955. Wildenstein, New York / Foreward: John Rewald, New York, Wildenstein and Company, 1955, no. 73, p. 16, repr.

Rewald, J., Post-Impressionism from Van Gogh to Gauguin, New York, 1956, p. 402, repr.

Sedgwick, John P., Art Appreciation Made Simple, New York, 1959, pp. 140, 212, repr.

The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh, Greenwich (Conn.), 1959, III, no. 640, p. 280.

Reidermeister, L., Auf den Spuren der Maler der Ile de France, Berlin, 1963, p. 165, repr.

Sutton, Denys, "Nineteenth-Century Painting; Trends and Cross-Currents," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 492, repr. fig. 28, p. 494.

Ryan, Michael, "This Museum is for People," Wonderful World of Ohio, vol. 33, no. 2, Feb. 1969, repr. (col.) p. 32.

Lee, Katherine C., "French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism," Toledo Museum News, vol. 12, no. 3, Autumn 1969, repr. p. 81.

Faille, J.B. de la, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, 3rd ed., Amsterdam, 1970, pp. 293, 641, no. F759, repr.

Lecaldano, P., L'opera pittorica completa di Van Gogh, Milan, 1971, no. 817, repr.

Johnson, Charlotte Buel, Contemporary Art: Exploring its Roots and Development, Worcester, 1973, p. 23, repr. (col.) third page, color section.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, European Paintings, Toledo, 1976, pp. 63, 64, pl. 177.

Toledo Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, 1976, repr. p. 86 (col.).

Hulsker, Jan, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1977, no. 1988, p. 458, repr. p. 457.

Ravin, James G., "Van Gogh's Illness," The Ohio State Medical Journal, vol. 77, no. 12, Dec. 1981, pp. 700-701, repr. p. 699 and on cover (col.).

Nemeczek, Alfred, "Die letzten Wochen des Malers van Gogh," Art: Das Kunstmagazin, no. 2, Feb. 1981, repr. (col.) p. 40.

Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Vincent van Gogh exhibition catalogue, 1985, no. 93, pp. 245, 247 repr. (col.).

Pickvance, Ronald, Van Gogh in Saint-Remy and Auvers, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986, no. 63, pp. 234, 235, repr. (col.).

"Auvers: le crescendo final," L'Estampille, no. 201, Mar. 1987, p. 24, repr. (col.).

Mothe, Alain, Vincent van Gogh à Auvers-sur-Oise, Paris, 1987, p. 68, repr. (col.).

Nonne, Monique, Le jardin de Van Gogh, Paris, 1989, p. 108, repr. (col.).

Walther, Ingo F. and Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, sämtliche Gemälde, Cologne, 1989, repr. p. 647, vo. II (col.).

Turley, Robert, Humanities: the Western Creative Heritage, a Student Handbook, Dubuque, 1991, pl. II.

Machotka, Pavel, Cezanne: Landscape into Art, New Haven, 1996, p. 40.

Metzger, Rainer, and Ingo F. Walther, Vincent Van Gogh: 1853-1890, Koln, Taschen, 1998, p. 229-231, repr. (col.) p. 230.

Hulsker, Jan, The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1999, no. 1988, p. 458, repr. p. 457, [as A Group of Cottages].

Van Gogh Face to Face: the Portraits, Detroit, 1999, repr. p. 179 (col.).

Welsh-Ovcharov, Bogomila, Van Gogh in Provence and Auvers, New York, 1999, repr. p. 260 (col.).

Duncan, Sally Anne, Otto Wittmann: Museum Man for All Seasons, Toledo, 2001, p. 21.

Hansen, Dorothee, Lawrence W. Nichols, and Judy Sund, Van Gogh: Fields, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2003, no. 18, pp. 74-75, repr. (col.).

Guillermo Solana, ed., Van Gogh: los ultimàs paisajès, Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2007, no. 8, pp. 25, 157, repr. p. 25 (col.) p. 71 (col.).

The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 274, repr. (col.).

Veen, Wouter van der, and Peter Knapp, Vincent Van Gogh a Auvers, Paris: Chene, 2009, p. 125, repr. (col.) p. 124.

Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Vincent van Gogh die Gemalde 1886-1890; Handler, Sammler, Ausstellungen; die fruhen Provenienzen, German ed., Wadenswil Nimbus. Kunst und Bucher AG, 2009.

Leeman, Fred, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard: Masterpieces from the Andries Bonger Collection, Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 2009, no. 18, p. 27-28, repr. (col.).

Goldin, Marco, Van Gogh and Gauguin's Journey: Variations on a Theme, Treviso, Linea d'ombra, 2011, p. 299, repr. (col.).

Heugten, Sjraar van, ed., Van Gogh in the Borinage: The Birth of an Artist, Brussels, Mercatorfonds, 2015, repr. (col.) p. 26, fig. 11.

van Heugten, Sjraar, Van Gogh in Provence: Modernizing Tradition, Arles, France, Editions Actes Sud, 2016, repr. (col.) fig. 95, p. 117.

Groom, Gloria, Van Gogh's Bedrooms, Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2016, p. 148, repr. (col.) cat. 35, p. 148.

Exhibition HistoryAmsterdam, Stedelijk Musem, Vincent van Gogh, 1905, no. 209b.

New York, Durand-Ruel, Great French Masters of the Nineteenth Century, Feb. 12-March 10, 1934, no. 24.

Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, 1934, no. 25.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1936.

Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Van Gogh Exhibition, 1936.

Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Dutch Painting, 1940.

Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, Modern Dutch Art, 1943.

New York, Wildenstein Galleries, Art and Life of Vincent van Gogh, 1943.

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 19th Century French Painting, 1944.

Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Five Centuries of Dutch Art, 1944.

New York, Wildenstein, Art and Life of Vincent van Gogh, 1948, no. 63.

Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Work by Vincent van Gogh, Nov. 3-Dec. 12, 1948.

Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Two Sides of the Medal, French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin, 1954.

New York, Wildenstein, Van Gogh, March 24-April 30, 1955.

Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art, Vincent van Gogh Exhibition, Oct. 12-Dec. 8, 1985.

Nagoya, Japan, Nagoya City Museum, 1985-86.

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Van Gogh in Saint-Remy and Auvers, Nov. 25, 1986-Mar. 22, 1987.

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Van Gogh: Fields, Feb. 23-May 18, 2003.

Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Van Gogh: los ultimàs paisajès, June 12 - Sept. 16, 2007.

Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh's Bedrooms , February 14-May 8, 2016.

Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, Through Vincent's Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources, November 12, 2021-February 6, 2022.

Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Van Gogh in America, October 2, 2022-January 22, 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Van Gogh Museum; Paris, Franch, Musee D'Orsay, Van Gogh and Auvers, May 12, 2023 - January 1, 2024.

Label Text“Auvers is very beautiful, among other things a lot of old thatched roofs, which are getting rare…for really it is profoundly beautiful, it is the real country, characteristic and picturesque,” Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother and sister-in-law after the painter’s arrival in Auvers-sur-Oise on May 20, 1890. Working in a hamlet called Chaponval in the western part of Auvers, Van Gogh painted a cluster of dwellings nestled amid walled gardens and trees silhouetted against a gray-blue, cloudy sky. These homes still exist (though now altered) along the Rue de Gré. The juxtaposition of the blue tiled roof of the central cottage with the thatched roofs of the other houses doubtless intrigued Van Gogh (he in fact made a related reference to such a comparison in one of his letters). He varied his brushstrokes in order to call attention to the differing textures. He used sideways strokes for the roof of the central house to suggest the appearance of its tiling, while he applied downward strokes to evoke the thick bundles of thatching. In contrast, the vegetation throughout is represented with Van Gogh’s typical curvilinear, animated forms.