Summer Evening, Wheatfield with Setting Sun — Vincent van Gogh, 1888

The Arles wheatfields were a recurring subject across Van Gogh's 1888 summer — their changing light across the day, from morning green to this evening gold. The setting sun here works the same field into something warmer and more charged: the brushwork follows the air as much as the grain. One of the more meditative studies in the Arles series. A postcard for an end-of-day correspondence, a golden-hour collection, or a Van Gogh Arles room. From the Vincent van Gogh collection.