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Farms near Auvers
Farms near Auvers or Thatched Cottages by a Hill is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he painted in July 1890 when he lived in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. The painting is an example of the double-square canvases that he employed in his last landscapes.
Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris, after he left an asylum at Saint-Rémy in May 1890. Shortly after arriving
which F1640r above right is a study), F789 "The Church at Auvers" (another example of his return to the North), the size 30 canvases, and the double-square paintings. F793 "Farms near Auvers" is an example of a double-square canvas.
- F750 "Thatched Cottage and Houses" was probably the first landscape van Gogh painted at Auvers. Writing Theo and Jo around 21 May, Vincent says: "Now I have a study of old thatched roofs with a field of