The artwork, “Cart with Red and White Ox,” created by Vincent van Gogh in 1884 in Nuenen, Netherlands, is an oil painting on canvas that belongs to the Realism art movement. This animal painting can be found at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
In the artwork, a red and white ox is portrayed harnessed to a rustic wooden cart, emphasizing the labor and endurance of the animal. The painting employs earthy tones and expressive brushstrokes that capture the texture of both the ox’s fur and the wood of the cart. The background is dark and nondescript, bringing focus entirely to the ox and the cart, thereby highlighting the subject’s humble yet resilient nature in keeping with the Realism movement’s emphasis on depicting everyday life with sincerity and accuracy.
