À propos de l’œuvre
Ferme, par Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh · May -June 1890 · Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The Farm with two figuresReproduction of oil painting on canvas
Under a huge mossy thatched roof, two women work in a garden. In Auvers, Van Gogh found in these old farms an echo of the cottages of Brabant that he painted in Nuenen.
Look at the work
A large thatched roof above the garden
The house is seen sideways and its roof takes up more than half of the composition. The light walls, partially hidden by vegetation, are pierced with small dark openings. Two women work in the foreground among the rows of flowers and vegetables.
Thatch is not treated as a uniform mass: touches of green, yellow, blue and brown follow its slope. The trees rise behind the farm and close the sky almost completely, which envelops the building in greenery.
Van Gogh makes the farm monumental without idealizing it: the irregular roof, the cultivated garden and the two figures tell of a place still inhabited and worked.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
The Van Gogh Museum preserves this painting under inventory s0108V1962. Cataloged F806/JH2017, it is identified by the museum under the title Farmhouse.
The roof as the main subject
The vast thatched slope dominates the scene and determines all the diagonals. Its irregularities are constructed by parallel touches which render the moss, the straw and the successive repairs.
Two figures on the scale of the building
The women in the garden are tiny facing the roof. They give concrete measure to architecture and maintain the landscape in daily life.
A depth without a big sky
The succession of the garden, walls, roof and trees is enough to organize the space. The sky reduced to a few fragments focuses the eye on the texture of the farm.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
The Farm with two figures is an oil on canvas measuring 38.9 × 46.4 cm, painted in Auvers between May and June 1890. It bears the references F806/JH2017 and the inventory s0108V1962.
Auvers' early motives
Upon his arrival, Van Gogh wrote to his sister that the moss-covered thatched roofs were superb and that he planned to paint them. This canvas belongs to the group of farms inspired by this discovery.
A reminder of Nuenen
The cottages of Auvers remind the artist of the peasant houses of Brabant. However, its palette has become lighter and its touch much freer than in the mid-1880s.
s0108V1962
The work belongs to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and is kept at the Van Gogh Museum. The museum presents it under the English title Farmhouse.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
The copy must preserve the multicolored texture of the thatch, the small scale of the two women, the light walls and the very dense network of greens in the garden.
- The great thatched slope streaked with green and ocher
- The two women busy in the garden
- Pale walls partially hidden by plants
- Tight trees behind the roofline
Work sheet
| Title | The Farm with two figures |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890) |
| Date | May -June 1890 |
| Place of creation | Auvers-sur-Oise, France |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 38.9 × 46.4 cm |
| Inventory | s0108V1962· F806· JH2017 |
| Conservation | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
From order to shipping
In your interior
A dense, warm and authentic rural scene
The horizontal format and palette of mossy greens, ocher and earth are suitable for a dining room, living room or country house. They harmonize with linen, stone and raw wood.
Frequently asked questions
Before ordering
Is this a canvas print?
No. Each reproduction is manually painted in oil on canvas. Brushstrokes and material variations belong to the final result.
How is the visual reference chosen?
The official image of the Van Gogh Museum has been converted into a real WebP of 3,000 × 2,462 px, without artificial enlargement.
Can I check the result before shipping?
Yes. Photographs of the finished painting are sent to you; you can request alterations before validating the shipment.
Are custom formats possible?
Yes. The format can be adapted to your wall while maintaining the proportions and balance of the original composition.
