The artwork titled “Sower” was created by the eminent artist Vincent van Gogh in 1884 while he was in Nuenen, Netherlands. This piece, rendered in pencil and ink on paper, measures 5.5 by 14 centimeters. It is categorized under the Realism art movement and is considered a genre painting. Currently, this artwork is held within a private collection.
In the artwork, we observe a solitary figure, likely a farmer, engaged in the act of sowing seeds. The scene is set against a backdrop of rural architecture, with several houses and trees in the distance, invoking a sense of pastoral life in the countryside. The use of dark and intense strokes creates a dramatic interplay of light and shadow, which emphasizes the figure’s movement and the textured earth beneath. The composition captures a moment of diligence and labor, imbued with Van Gogh’s characteristic attentiveness to the everyday lives of ordinary people.
