01/24/2026
A golden landscape đ Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo about the scene that inspired this work:
âYesterday, at sunset, I was on a stony heath where very small, twisted oaks grow, in the background a ruin on the hill, and wheatfields in the valley. It was romantic, it couldnât be more so, Ă la Monticelli, the sun was pouring its very yellow rays over the bushes and the ground, absolutely a shower of gold. And all the lines were beautiful, the whole scene had a charming nobility. You wouldnât have been at all surprised to see knights and ladies suddenly appear, returning from hunting with hawks, or to hear the voice of an old Provençal troubadour. The fields seemed purple, the distances blue.â
đźď¸ âSunset at Montmajourâ,1888 Š Private collection
