View of the viaduct in Arles, F398Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
An avenue of plane trees crosses the foreground, while a blue train passes almost furtively behind the trunks. Van Gogh paints the viaduct not as an isolated monument, but as a modern presence integrated into the spring of Arles.
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View of the viaduct in Arles, F398Vincent van Gogh · March 1888 · Rodin Museum, Paris
March 1888Dating
46.2 × 49.8 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
Rodin Museum, ParisConservation
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Look at the work
The plane trees hide and reveal the passage of the Blue Train
The yellow and green trunks form an irregular colonnade over the entire height. Between them, the viaduct appears in fragments: a dark strip, a few blue wagons and small openings that interrupt the light wall.
The beige path sweeps across the bottom of the painting diagonally, bordered by green grass and white flowers. The blue sky slips between the still sparsely leafy branches; their network transforms depth into an almost decorative surface.
View of the viaduct in Arles, also called Le Train bleu or Les Moyettes, is an oil on canvas measuring 46.2 × 49.8 cm painted in March 1888. The work F398/JH1366 is kept at the Rodin museum under the number P. 07303.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
Painted shortly after Van Gogh's arrival in Arles, this study brings together a daily motif, a railway infrastructure and the awakening of vegetation. The train remains secondary: the real subject is the luminous succession of trunks.
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Trees set up a screen in front of architecture
Instead of opening a clear perspective towards the viaduct, Van Gogh multiplies the trunks in the foreground. The gaze must circulate between them to reconstruct the wall and the wagons.
02
The yellow of plane trees transforms light into color
The trunks are not brown: lime, pale green, orange and purple are next to them. This very light range detaches them from the sky and gives the avenue a spring intensity.
03
The blue train introduces an almost hidden movement
Its long horizontal strip cuts the verticals of the trees and the wall. The wagons are tiny, but their regular pace is enough to suggest rapid passage behind the park.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
References F398/JH1366 and inventory P.07303 identify the Avenue de plane trees of the Rodin Museum, known under several titles linked to the viaduct and the train.
Titles
Three names designate the same composition
The Rodin museum uses View of the viaduct in Arles and also mentions Le Train bleu or Les Moyettes. These titles in turn emphasize architecture, convoy or location.
Letter
Van Gogh cites Avenue de Planeanes on March 16, 1888
The Literature documentation associates F398/JH1366 with one of the first study groups carried out in Arles, alongside bridges with washerwomen and landscapes under the snow.
Rodin
Auguste Rodin acquired the painting in 1904
The museum indicates that the sculptor probably bought it at the Soullié gallery. Given to the museum in 1916, the painting testifies to his admiration for Van Gogh, a landscaper.
The copy must respect the yellow-green trunks, dark branches, blue train strip, viaduct wall, white flowers in the grass and diagonal brushstrokes of the path.
The irregular colonnade of plane trees
The blue train visible between the trunks
The blue sky cut by the branches
The light wall punctuated with dark openings
The path streaked with blue, ocher and purple
Work sheet
Title
View of the viaduct in Arles, F398
Artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
Date
March 1888
Place of creation
Arles
Original technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46.2 × 49.8 cm
Inventory
F398 · JH1366 · P.07303
Conservation
Rodin Museum, Paris
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In your interior
A luminous Arles landscape where nature frames modernity
Lime yellow, meadow green, sky blue, railway blue and light ocher bring bright light to a living room, entrance or contemporary interior with natural materials.
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