Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haude Galline near Eygalieres 1889

Vincent van Gogh painted “Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haude Galline near Eygalieres” with oil on canvas. Van Gogh, towards the end of his life, voluntarily checked himself into an asylum in Saint-Remy, France. During this time, his paintings became a window into his emotional landscape. This wheat field is not just a landscape; it’s a mirror reflecting Van Gogh's internal state. As a man caught between periods of intense creativity and debilitating mental illness, the scene embodies a kind of restless energy as the wheat field and the cypresses seem to writhe. Van Gogh's choice of subject matter – the land, the trees, the sky – grounds him. He once wrote, "Looking at the stars always makes me dream. Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?" This painting is not just about being in nature, but about feeling a part of it, even when internal chaos threatens to overwhelm.