🖼️ Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – Vincent van Gogh (1888)

🖼️ Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer – Vincent van Gogh (1888)
Hand-painted reproduction – By Alpha Reproduction

The sea, the wind, and the light of the Midi: Van Gogh paints the boats as symbols of freedom and strength

Created in June 1888 in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a small fishing village on the Mediterranean coast, this work is one of the rare maritime testimonies of Vincent van Gogh.
With Boats at Saintes-Maries, he captures the energy of the wind, the solidity of the stranded hulls, and the dazzling light of southern France, in a canvas full of movement, texture, and vivid emotion.

A shoreline scene between apparent calm and inner tension

Boats on the sand, folded sails, a lively sea in the background

In the foreground, four fishing boats are resting on the sand, their sails folded, ready to set out to sea again. Their colorful hulls (blue, green, red) create a strong graphic rhythm.
In the background, the turquoise sea is stirred by stylized waves, and the slightly veiled sky evokes the instability of the sea breeze.

The lines are expressive, the brush is quick and thick, and the vivid contrasts between golden sand, blue sea, and dark hulls enhance the dynamic character of the scene.

A work of freedom, movement, and simple life

Van Gogh was fascinated by the Saintes-Maries, of which he said:

"I saw the sea for the first time. It was as if I heard the voice of the wind speaking directly to my heart."

This painting is not just a landscape: it is a portrait of the Mediterranean, of the life of fishermen, of waiting and work, but also a symbol of departure, momentum, possibility.

Hand-painted reproduction – By Alpha Reproduction

An expressive and luminous seascape, recreated with fidelity and intensity

At Alpha Reproduction, Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is entirely hand-painted in oil on canvas, with attention given to:

• The dynamic shapes of the boats, full of graphic strength

• The vibrant palette, blending blue, green, yellow, and red

• The texture of the sand, worked with a vibrating brush

• The rhythm of the sea and sky, in stylized undulations

• The sincerity of the gesture, typical of Van Gogh's Arlesian style

📜 Certificate of authenticity provided
📐 Customizable formats – stretched or rolled canvas
🖼️ Driftwood frame, modern black or Mediterranean white on request

An ideal painting for lovers of maritime scenes, Southern colors, and pictorial freedom

Boats at the Saintes-Maries is perfect for a bright interior, a seaside house, an inspiring living room, or a collection dedicated to travel landscapes. It evokes the call of the open sea, the beauty of the horizon, and the momentum of simple life.

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With this hand-painted reproduction, you invite into your home a luminous, vibrant, and deeply Mediterranean work, painted by an artist in search of space, color, and truth.
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