“Sheet with People Sitting on Chairs” is an artwork created by Vincent van Gogh in 1890 while he was in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. The piece, executed with pencil on paper, belongs to the Post-Impressionism movement and falls under the genre of sketch and study. Currently, the artwork is housed at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The artwork portrays a series of figures, predominantly women, depicted in various stages of sitting and engaging in different activities while seated on chairs. With expressive yet concise pencil strokes, Van Gogh captures the essence of each figure’s posture and action, offering a dynamic study of everyday scenes. The central figure, prominently larger than the surrounding sketches, embodies a sense of industrious focus as she bends over a table, engrossed in her task. Surrounding figures are rendered with lighter, more fluid lines, suggesting a sense of movement and the flow of daily life. The composition exemplifies Van Gogh’s adeptness at conveying depth and character with minimalistic means, alluding to the earnest simplicity of rural existence in his time.
