Montmartre: mills and vegetable gardens

Montmartre: mills and vegetable gardens

Vincent van Gogh · 1887

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

About this painting

Painted in summer 1887, this view of Montmartre's vegetable allotments and remaining windmills uses short Pointillist-inspired brushstrokes, capturing the district's fading rural character as Paris expanded around it.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81.0 × 44.8 cm (31.9 × 17.6 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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