🏡 Farmhouses at Saintes-Maries – Vincent van Gogh (1888)

☀️ A southern light that sets the roofs ablaze

With Farmhouses at Saintes-Maries, Van Gogh offers us a sunny and poetic vision of the South of France, capturing the unique atmosphere of a Provençal village by the Mediterranean Sea. The colorful roofs, golden sky, and vivid foliage form a symphony of warm and lively colors.

🕰 Historical context: stay in Arles and getaway in Camargue

Painted in 1888 during his trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, this painting is part of the Arles period, one of Van Gogh's most productive and inspired. The artist, fascinated by the light of the Midi, creates here a geometric and vibrant composition, influenced by Japanese prints and rural landscapes.

🎨 Visual analysis: an alley in brilliant perspective

– 🏘 Intertwined roofs with varied textures: thatch, tiles, wood
– 🎨 Palette: burnt ochres, orange-red, lavender violet, intense green
– 🌿 Dense vegetation on the right, almost ornamental
– ☀️ Bright yellow sky, intensifying the southern atmosphere
– 🛤 Linear perspective of the alley, inviting to travel

💭 Emotional reading: between human warmth and escape

This painting evokes both the tranquility of small villages and Van Gogh's need to escape to the sea, the sun, and simplicity. It is an ode to light and color, a hymn to everyday life transformed by the painter's eye into an almost magical setting.

🖌 Hand-painted reproduction – Alpha Reproduction

🎨 100% handmade oil on canvas
🖋 Faithfulness to original lines and colors
📜 Certificate of authenticity included
📐 Various formats | Custom frames

🖼 Decorative suggestion

This painting fits perfectly into:
– A bright living room or with light tones
– A bohemian or Provençal decoration
– A creative office or studio
It is also ideal as a gift for lovers of Provence or Van Gogh.

🌟 Treat yourself to a ray of Southern light

With Farmhouses at Saintes-Maries, you invite into your home the Mediterranean intensity seen by Van Gogh. A warm and expressive masterpiece, available as a hand-painted reproduction at Alpha Reproduction.