Which Van Gogh painting shows a wheat field with crows?

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The Van Gogh painting that shows a wheat field with crows is Wheatfield with Crows.

Van Gogh painted it in July 1890 at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, during the final weeks of his life. The wide, double-square canvas shows a windswept field beneath a turbulent sky, with an empty path dividing the foreground and crows flying above it. Its intense yellow, blue, green, and black contrasts create a mood of unease and isolation.

A common mistake is calling it Van Gogh’s final painting. The idea became widely known through the 1956 film Lust for Life, but the evidence suggests that Wheatfield with Crows was completed around July 10 and that other works, especially Tree Roots, may have been painted later. The painting belongs to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and was briefly stolen in 1991 before being recovered with other Van Gogh works.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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