The artwork titled “Gasworks” was created by Vincent van Gogh in 1882 in The Hague, Netherlands. Executed with pencil, wash, and ink on paper, this piece belongs to the Realism art movement and depicts a cityscape. Currently, it is housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The artwork presents an industrial scene featuring large gasworks structures prominent in the mid-ground, surrounded by fencing and chimneys emitting smoke. The foreground is characterized by a barren, expansive ground with dark, rough textures imparted through the pencil strokes, suggesting an industrial wasteland. A few distant figures can be observed near the fence, providing a scale that emphasizes the size of the gasworks. The background includes a leafless tree and the silhouettes of additional industrial elements against a muted sky, populated by crows. This composition effectively invokes the stark, functional essence of the industrial environment, conveying an atmosphere that is both desolate and realistic.
