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Gauze cap. In those days, women in Nuenen wear a white gauze cap, in combination with a dark under-cap to emphasize the pattern of the gauze. Van Gogh is fascinated by this. ‘Then – the heads of these women here with the white caps – it’s difficult – but it’s so eternally beautiful.
Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat was painted by Vincent van Gogh around 1884 while he was living with his parents in the town of Nuenen, about a year before he finished The Potato Eaters. [1] The painting is 63 × 48 centimeters. [2] [3] According to the Kröller-Müller Museum, the painting depicts Gordina de Groot, a local farmer ...
In the winter of 1884-1885, Van Gogh made a large series of paintings in Nuenen (NL): studies of farm workers' heads. Peasant women in Brabant really did wear white headdresses in those days. These intrigued Van Gogh because of the contrast with their faces, which remained partly in shadow. 'The heads of these women here with the white caps — it’s difficult — but it’s so eternally ...
Gauze cap In those days, women in Nuenen wear a white gauze cap, in combination with a dark under-cap to emphasize the pattern of the gauze. Van Gogh is fascinated by this. ‘Then – the heads of these women here with the white caps – it’s difficult – but it’s so eternally beautiful.
Peasant Character Studies is a series of works that Vincent van Gogh made between 1881 and 1885. Van Gogh had a particular attachment and sympathy for peasants and other working class people that was fueled in several ways. He was particularly fond of the peasant genre work of Jean-François Millet and others.
Gauze cap In those days, women in Nuenen wear a white gauze cap, in combination with a dark under-cap to emphasize the pattern of the gauze. Van Gogh is fa...
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Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap. November-January 1884-85, Nuenen. Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Catalogue numbers: F 156, JH 569. In December 1884 van Gogh set himself the task of painting and drawing a large series of portraits of the peasants in Brabant.
