Wheat Field With Cypresses By Vincent Van Gogh

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In 1889, a Dutch painter by the name of Vincent van Gogh created this piece called Wheat Field with Cypresses. This painting's medium was oil on canvas and had a dimension of 28 7/8 x 36 ¾ in. A Cypress is an evergreen coniferous tree in which van Gogh loved to capture and paint landscapes with the trees in it. He considered this to one of the best summer landscapes.

An element found in this piece by Vincent van Gogh is line. Lines are all over in this piece and the lines connect to each other giving it the feel of movement. By the position of the lines help make the trees look like they are blowing in the wind as if you were actually there. Space is another great element found is this piece as you can see he used up less space creating the

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