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Old Church Tower at Nuenen
Old Church Tower at Nuenen (or The Peasants' Churchyard) are names given to several oil paintings and drawings created in 1884 and 1885 by Vincent van Gogh. Most reflect the way the 12th-century church looked in its better days when its spire was intact and its foundation formidable. The spire was demolished in 1792 and the church tower was in the process of being torn down and sold for scrap as Van Gogh made the paintings.
Background.
In 1882, Van Gogh's
at Auvers", a size 30 canvas, is described in a letter of 5 June to his sister Wil: "... It's again almost the same thing as the studies I did in Nuenen of the old tower and the cemetery." The study he was referring to was F84:"The Old Church Tower at Nuenen", which he had already said he would like to redo as one of his "reminisces of the North" at Saint Rémy. Hulsker remarks that "The Starry Night" is probably the only painting that