Man with Saw 1881

"Man with Saw" is a drawing created in 1881 by Vincent van Gogh, now housed at the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. The drawing depicts a man in profile holding a saw. The subject matter of working-class individuals was typical of van Gogh's early work as he tried to capture the harsh realities of life in the coal mining towns of the Belgian Borinage where he was a missionary. The drawing is executed with a loose, gestural style typical of his early draftsmanship that would evolve into his iconic brushstrokes.