Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
Vincent van Gogh
1887
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, mounted on pressboard
- Dimensions
- 43.6 × 33 cm (17 1/8 × 13 in.); Framed: 61 × 50.8 × 7 cm (24 × 20 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- oil on canvas
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
oil paintings (visual works)paintingfrancenineteenth centuryPost-Impressionism19th centurypaintChicago World's FairspressboardcanvasterraceCentury of Progressdutchlightoil on canvasfrenchmenLeisureoil paint (paint)painting (image making)painting techniquesParispeoplegray (color)figureswomenworld's fairslandscapesvinesoil paintinglampeuropean paintingcitiesweather/seasonsmounting
About
This painting dates from the winter of 1887, roughly a year after Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris to join his brother, the art dealer Theo van Gogh. It is one of a group of landscapes featuring the Butte Montmartre, a short climb from the apartment on the rue Lepic where Vincent and Theo lived. Montmartre was dotted with reminders of its quickly receding rural past—abandoned quarries, kitchen gardens, and three surviving windmills, including the Moulin de Blute-Fin. The nonfunctional mill had become a tourist attraction, affording spectacular panoramic views over Paris from the observation tower erected beside it.
