“The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in the Snow” is an oil painting on canvas created in 1885 by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. This landscape artwork, which belongs to the Realism movement, depicts a serene winter scene in the village of Nuenen, Netherlands, where van Gogh resided for a period. Presently, the artwork is housed at the Hammer Museum, part of the University of California, located in Los Angeles, CA, US.
The artwork presents a tranquil garden shrouded in snow, with bare trees marking the divided space. In the middle ground, a solitary figure tends to the garden, contributing a human element to the scene. The dark, leafless trees stretch upwards, their gnarled branches contrasting sharply against the snow-covered ground. The subdued, almost monochromatic palette of browns and greys evokes a sense of quietude and solitude, which is characteristic of van Gogh’s early works. This painting demonstrates van Gogh’s early fascination with rural life and his keen ability to capture the atmospheric conditions of a cold, wintery day.
