The Potato Eaters (Dutch: De Aardappeleters) is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen, Netherlands. [1] It is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult composition to prove he was on his way to becoming a good figure painter. The painting had …

2022年1月25日 · In “The Potato Eaters”, van Gogh created a scene that was not so much concerned with the formal rules of painting, but the portrayal of peasants, their lifestyle, and …

Vincent van Gogh’s Potato Eaters is a painting that lots of people know. But how did he approach the work? What was he hoping to achieve? And did he succeed? Visit The Potato Eaters. …

2021年10月7日 · In 1885, after months of work and meticulous preparation, Vincent van Gogh completed The Potato Eaters, a dark-toned, dynamic portrait of a peasant family around their …

The Potato Eaters (1885) was Vincent Van Gogh’s first masterpiece. His portrayal of a family sitting around a table sharing a simple meal of potatoes has become one of the most iconic …

The Potato Eaters, completed in 1885, is considered by many to be Van Gogh's first great work of art. At the time of its creation, Van Gogh had only recently started painting and had not yet …

With a large work featuring multiple figures, Vincent van Gogh hoped to prove himself to the outside world – after nearly two years as an artist, he felt the time had come. The subject, a …

10 Secrets of "The Potato Eaters" 1) Upon completion of The Potato Eaters, Van Gogh thought it was his best work to date; however, he considered his later masterpiece The Starry Night to …

'The potato eaters' is undoubtedly the most ambitious painting from Van Gogh's Dutch period. Before starting on the definitive painting he made several drawings and two...