Avenue of Poplars at Sunset

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Avenue of Poplars at Sunset
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Artist Vincent van Gogh
Year1884
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Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions45.8 cm× 32.2 cm(18.0 in× 12.7 in)
Location Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Avenue of Poplars at Sunset is an oil painting created on 13 or 14 November 1884 by Vincent van Gogh in Nuenen in The Netherlands. A woman in the distance is walking towards the sunset on a gravel road with poplars, their autumn leaves shedded. The painting is held at the Kröller-Müller Museum in The Netherlands. [1]

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References

  1. "Lane of poplars at sunset". krollermuller.nl. Retrieved 11 February 2023.