The Large Plane Trees

The Large Plane Trees, also called Road Menders at Saint-Rémy is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. Painted in 1889 in Saint-Rémy, France, the painting depicts roadwork underneath autumn trees with yellow leaves. In actuality, "The Large Plane Trees" and the "Road Menders of Saint-Rémy" are two different paintings and are sometimes confused as one. Van Gogh painted "The Large Plane Trees" first on a red and white checkered table cloth. He later returned and painted it again on an art canvas.

The Large Plane Trees
Artist	Vincent van Gogh
Year	1889
Catalogue	F657 JH1860
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	73.4 cm × 91.8 cm (28.9 in × 36.1 in)
Location	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

It is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Description

The Large Plane Trees is an oil painting on a 73.4 by 91.8 cm canvas.^[1] Van Gogh depicted road work in Saint-Rémy, and the autumn yellow leaves of plane trees.^[2][3]

The Road Menders, Van Gogh's repetition of The Large Plane Trees.

This scene was repeated in The Road Menders, part of the Philips Collection in Washington D.C.^[4] In 2013, the two paintings were displayed together as part of the Van Gogh Repetitions exhibition at the Phillips Collection before The Large Plane Trees was moved to the Cleveland Museum of Art.^[5] Analysis shows that The Large Plane Trees was created first, with The Road Menders being a copy with virtually identical outlines.^[5]

See also

• List of works by Vincent van Gogh

References

1. "The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)". Cleveland Museum of Art. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
2. Heugten, Sjraar van (6 March 2018). Van Gogh and the Seasons. Princeton University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-691-17971-1.
3. Art, Cleveland Museum of; Robinson, William H.; Robinson, William H.; Channing, Laurence; Bradley, Barbara J.; Burgess, Margaret (2007). Monet to Dalí: Impressionist and Modern Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art : an Exhibition. Hudson Hills. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-940717-90-9.
4. Rathbone, Eliza; Elizabeth, Steele; Robinson, William H.; Steele, Marcia (26 November 2013). Van Gogh Repetitions. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19082-3.
5. Adams, Henry (2 October 2013). "Seeing Double: Van Gogh the Tweaker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

Further reading

• Marilyn Stokstad, David Cateforis, Stephen Addiss, Art History, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN 9780131455276 (Retrieved 4 September 2023)

External links

• WikiArt entry
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Useum