Girl in White in the Woods
Girl in White in the Woods is an oil painting created in 1882 by Vincent van Gogh.
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| Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
| Year | 1882 |
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| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 39.0 cm × 59.0 cm (15.4 in × 23.2 in) |
| Location | Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo |
Of a study that Van Gogh made for Girl in a Wood or Girl in White in the Woods,[1] he remarked at how much he enjoyed the work and explains how he wishes to trigger the audience's senses and how they may experience the painting: "The other study in the wood is of some large green beech trunks on a stretch of ground covered with dry sticks, and the little figure of a girl in white. There was the great difficulty of keeping it clear, and of getting space between the trunks standing at different distances - and the place and relative bulk of those trunks change with the perspective - to make it so that one can breathe and walk around in it, and to make you smell the fragrance of the wood."[2]
References
- "Girl in a wood". Collection. Kröller-Müller Museum. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- Harrison, R, ed. (2011). "Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, The Hague, 20 August 1882". Letters of Vincent van Gogh. van Gogh, J (trans.). WebExhibits. Retrieved April 12, 2011.