Nobody, at any age, can undermine the heritage and worth of a painting; the world is firmly moving towards enlightenment trough technology where real-life pictures are being captured simply in a phone and painters are taking a course to methods of automation to give life to their imagination on canvas in no time. However, as admirers of art and creativity, we haven't still forgotten to appreciate and admire the essence that a hand-drawn painting brings along with itself. Speaking of paintings, we cannot miss out on the name of Vincent Van Gogh and his creations that have left the world spellbound and altered the stereotypical pattern and approach that common man had towards this form of expression of art.
If you take a look at the “Wheat Field with Cypresses” by Van Gogh, you will find that this modeling too, has a touch of his style that can be smoothly distinguished from the works of the other painters. It is one of the 100 most famous paintings in the art history. In this section below, we will ponder into the factors that set this painting apart from the rest and why would it be a good idea for you to have a piece of this and similar ones in your collection.
The enchanting setting of the painting
Van Gogh himself has made efforts to take us through the setting if is “Wheat Field with Cypresses”; according to him, his canvas has cypresses as its ruling factor, while the wheat and poppies are prepared to be harvested under the beautiful blue sky with clouds fused with its majesty make it look like a “multicolored Scotch plaid”. The wind in this painting plays a very important role; it shows how everything in the picture, from the Wheatfield to the hills and the clouds are all affected and swaying in equal degrees because of the wind.
Significance of the “Wheat Field with Cypresses”
There are some of us who take keen interest in decoding every single piece of art, while to the others, possessing a painting is like an escape, escape to a world that seems more real than the reality; a world that is sufficient within itself even if it is captured within a restricted frame, yet its appeal and vicinity is boundless. For Van Gogh, his paintings were the closest way that he could have employed in letting out his understandings and meanings of life. The wheat field essentially is the full cycle of life that includes both death and rejuvenation brought together harmoniously. The wind as we have mentioned before echoes the fact that the life of man is not isolated from the forces of nature, but the cypresses are meant to convey that stability prevails after every storm.
Why should you own a painting like this?
Not every day do we come across objects that encourage us to produce the real workings of heart and mind in a way that paintings do. In this race to beat one another, we often forget that we must take some time out and applaud our surroundings, but Van Gogh's paintings truly help us with that. Having the “Wheat Field with Cypresses” hung around somewhere in your home will not only endow your apartment with a sober and artistic touch but will be a significant enough to convey that you take the scopes of art very seriously. On a personal level, every time you look at it, you will be able to comprehend its subject in a new way and justify the Abstract Expressionism that it was eventually aimed at.
