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Painting of a ploughman with two oxen working a yellow and blue field, a windmill on the distant horizon under a swirling sky.

Enclosed Field with Ploughman

A ploughman guides a pair of dark oxen across a broad field of rippling yellow and ochre furrows under a swirling blue sky. A windmill and distant hills sit on the horizon, and the thick, directional brushwork gives the land and clouds a restless energy.

Artist
Vincent van Gogh
Date
1889
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 3144 px
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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1889; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Masterpieces19th centurypost-impressionism1880s1889landscape paintingploughmanoil paintingvan goghwheat fieldwindmillswirling skyrural franceoxen

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