“Sketch of Women in a Field” is an artwork by Vincent van Gogh, created in 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. The medium employed in this piece is chalk on paper, notably aligning it with the Post-Impressionism art movement. Classified as a sketch and study, it currently resides in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The artwork portrays two women engaged in fieldwork, rendered in a minimalistic, monochromatic style. Van Gogh’s characteristic dynamic lines and the simplicity of form vividly capture the essence and movement of the figures. The women are depicted with bent postures, seemingly absorbed in their labor, against an abstractly sketched background suggestive of a rural setting. This piece exemplifies Van Gogh’s ability to convey life and motion with an economy of line and an astute observation of human activity.
