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An old watermill stands by a riverside under a cloudy sky. The building is rustic and weathered, reflecting its age and historical significance.
Vincent van Gogh / Watermill at Gennep - Vincent van Gogh as ...Water Mill at Gennep (1884) is an oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh (85 x 151 cm), currently in the Carmen Thyssen Collection at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Created during his Nuenen period, this landscape captures a rustic water mill in the Brabant countryside with a focus on contrasting light, painted outdoors during cold weather.
Key Details About the Painting:
Artist & Date: Vincent van Gogh, November 1884.
Location: The Genneper Water Mill is located in a neighborhood of Eindhoven (Gennep) in North Brabant, Netherlands.
Context: Van Gogh painted this, along with other water mills in the area, to study rural life and light effects, specifically working on this large-scale study in cold, freezing weather.
Style and Technique: The painting displays a "contre-jour" effect (backlighting) with sunlight piercing through clouds. It is considered part of his Realism period.
Related Works: Van Gogh created a watercolor version (F1144a) in mid-November 1884.
Acquisition: The painting is part of the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, located in Room C, Level 0 of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
The Genneper water mill still exists today in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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Care instructions
- If the poster does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, dry cloth.