Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin by Vincent van Gogh - early 1887 - 43.6 × 33 cm Art Institute of Chicago Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin by Vincent van Gogh - early 1887 - 43.6 × 33 cm Art Institute of Chicago

Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin

Oil on canvas • 43.6 × 33 cm
  • Vincent van Gogh - March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890 Vincent van Gogh early 1887

This painting dates from the winter of 1887, about a year after Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris to join his brother, Theo, an art dealer. It is part of a series of landscapes featuring the Butte Montmartre, a short climb from their apartment on the rue Lepic. Montmartre was filled with remnants of its swiftly vanishing rural past—abandoned quarries, kitchen gardens, and three surviving windmills, including the Moulin de Blute-fin. This nonfunctional mill had become a tourist attraction, offering spectacular panoramic views of Paris from the observation tower erected beside it.

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