Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haude Galline near Eygalieres 1889

Vincent van Gogh drew "Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haude Galline near Eygalieres" using pen and ink. The undulating lines communicate a sense of both calm and turbulence. It was made during a stay at an asylum in France. This landscape wasn’t just a visual record, it was a product of Van Gogh’s internal state and the institutional environment he found himself in. What did the asylum represent to Van Gogh? A refuge or a prison? How did the act of drawing nature serve as therapy, or a form of resistance against the enforced order of the asylum? To understand this work better, historians consult the artist’s letters and medical records. Van Gogh’s image becomes not just a depiction of the natural world, but a window into the complex interplay between individual experience and institutional power.