De Aardappeleters

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De Aardappeleters is a famous early painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a group of peasants sharing a humble meal of potatoes in a dimly lit interior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artisticIntention to show peasants eating the food they have worked for themselves
artworkPeriod early work of Vincent van Gogh
collection Van Gogh Museum
colorPalette dark
earth tones
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
creator Vincent van Gogh
depicts interior scene
lamp
peasants
people eating potatoes
table
teapot
describedBySource art history literature
exhibitedAt Van Gogh Museum exhibitions
genre genre painting
hasStudy preparatory studies of heads and hands
hasVersion lithograph of The Potato Eaters
historicalContext 19th-century rural Netherlands
inception 1885
influencedBy Dutch genre painting tradition
Jean-François Millet
languageOfTitle Dutch
English
lighting single overhead lamp
locatedIn Amsterdam
locationOfCreation Nuenen NERFINISHED
mainSubject peasant family eating potatoes
medium oil on canvas
movement Post-Impressionism
notableFor being one of Van Gogh’s first major compositions
expressive faces and hands
somber depiction of peasant life
numberOfHumanFigures 5
partOf Van Gogh Museum
surface form: Van Gogh Museum collection
significantWorkOf Vincent van Gogh
style rough brushwork
strong chiaroscuro
theme peasant life
poverty
rural life
social realism
title De Aardappeleters self-link
The Potato Eaters

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The Potato Eaters titleInDutch De Aardappeleters
De Aardappeleters title De Aardappeleters self-link