The painting was executed in Auvers not
long before van
Gogh's death. He repeated the motif of peasant juts on many
occasions: "In my opinion, the most marvellous of all that I know in the
sphere of architecture is huts with their roofs of moss-grown straw and
a smoky hearth," wrote
van Gogh in one of his letters.
The thatched roofs seem to be just as
much an organic part of nature as the hills, fields and sky. The hilly
relief of the distance allowed the artist to accentuate the dynamics of
space, which he reinforced through the use of colour contrasts. The
tense, wavy brushstrokes and lines convey the dramatism of the artist's
perception of life and the world.
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