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    Museum collections / The Cleveland Museum of Art
    Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy
    Vincent van Gogh. Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy, 1889. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art

    AT-00009144

    Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-Rémy

    by Vincent van Gogh

    Also known as: Poplars on a Hill

    View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

    About the Artwork

    Vincent van Gogh painted this autumnal landscape while interned at a psychiatric hospital near Saint-Rémy in southern France. Although initially restricted to painting in his room, he soon resumed working outdoors. This painting reveals the full power of his mature style. Trees twist and lean against a darkening sky, while the intense colors applied with charged brushstrokes convey his emotional reaction to the subject.

    Provenance

    1889–1891: Theo van Gogh [1857-1891] Paris, France, by descent to the artist's brother from the artist's estate. 1891–1905: Johanna van Gogh-Bonger [1862-1915] his wife, Amsterdam, Netherlands, by gift to Willem Steenhoff. 1905–1910: Willem Steenhoff [1863-1932] Amsterdam, Netherlands, sold to Alfred Flechtheim 1910: Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany 1914: Max Siller, Barmen, Germany 1914: Paul Cassirer, Berlin 1927: Justin Thannhauser, Munich, Berlin, Lucerne July 1940: Harry Sperling [1925-1971] New York, NY March 1946: M. Knoedler and Co., New York, NY March 1946: Sam Salz, New York, NY 1946–1958: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr, Cleveland, OH, purchased March 12, 1946 1946–1958: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957] Cleveland, OH, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1958–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

    Exhibition history

    Highlights of the 19th Century. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (March 3-31, 1959). Paths of Abstract Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960). Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). Gauguin and Van Gogh in Copenhagen in 1893. Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark (organizer) (December 11, 1984-February 24, 1985). Masters of Impressionism. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico (November 17, 1998-February 28, 1999). Vincent and Theo van Gogh. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan (organizer) (July 5-August 25, 2002). Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and the Nordic Countries. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden (organizer) (September 27, 2002-January 19, 2003); Statens Museum for Kunst, 1307 Københaven K, Denmark (February 21-May 25, 2003). Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009). The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 23-April 18, 2010). Becoming Van Gogh: His Years in Paris, 1886-1888. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (organizer) (October 20, 2012-January 20, 2013). Van Gogh Repetitions. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (organizer) (October 12, 2013-February 2, 2014); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 2-May 26, 2014). Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (June 8-September 14, 2014). Reciprocal Loan: Painting the Modern Garden. Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (organizer) (October 1, 2015-April 30, 2016). Making Van Gogh. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (organizer) (October 23, 2019-February 16, 2020). There’s Nothing like the Real Thing: Van Gogh at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-December 5, 2021). Van Gogh's Cypresses. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (May 15-August 27, 2023) https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/van-gogh-cypresses.

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
    Date
    1889
    Medium
    oil on fabric
    Dimensions
    Framed: 81 x 66.7 x 7.3 cm (31 7/8 x 26 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 61.6 x 45.7 cm (24 1/4 x 18 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    Painting
    Department
    Modern European Painting and Sculpture
    Credit line
    Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
    Accession no.
    1958.32

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