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"What a splendid thing watercolour is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe in it, as it were."

Vincent van Gogh
Letter 163
c. 18 December 1881

Vincent van Gogh produced 144 watercolours over the course of his career and these works distinguish themselves as a vibrant and important part of Van Gogh's overall oeuvre. Van Gogh's use of colour is, as always, marvelous and his watercolour works stand out as a remarkable achievement in the course of his constantly evolving art.

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Boats on the Beach of Saintes-Maries Arles: June, 1888 Koehler Collection--Germany. At present held by the Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1429 1459

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Barren Field The Hague: January, 1882 Location unknown 904 98
Beach with People Walking and Boats The Hague: 27 September, 1882 Private collection 982 247
Bench with Four Persons (and Baby) The Hague: September, 1882 Private collection 951 197
Bench with Three Persons The Hague: 11 September 1882 Private collection 1039 196
Bleaching Ground The Hague: second half July, 1882 Los Angeles, Getty Center 946r 158
Boats on the Beach of Saintes-Maries Arles: June, 1888 Koehler Collection--Germany. At present held by the Hermitage, St. Petersburg 1429 1459
Bookseller Blok, The The Hague: early November, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 993 254
Boy Cutting Grass with a Sickle Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 851 61
Breton Women (after Emile Bernard) Arles: December, 1888 Milan, Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna 1422 1654
Church Pew with Worshippers The Hague: late September, 1882 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 967 225
Coalmine in the Borinage Cuesmes-Wasmes: July-August, 1879 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1040 100
Corridor of Saint-Paul Asylum in Saint-Rémy Saint-Rémy: September, 1889 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1529 1808
Country Lane with Trees The Hague: late July, 1882 Location unknown 1088 168
Digger Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 855 43
Digger Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 859 29
Digger Etten: October, 1881 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 866 54
Diggers in Schenkweg The Hague: second half July, 1882 Private collection 927 161
Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam Drente: November, 1883 Groningen, Groninger Museum 1098 425
Entrance Hall of Saint-Paul Hospital, The Saint-Rémy: October, 1889 (or May) Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1530 1806
Entrance to the Moulin de la Galette Paris: June-September, 1887 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1406 1277
Farmer Leaning on his Spade Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 861 40
Farmer Sitting at the Fireside, Reading Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 897 63
Farmhouse Drente: October, 1883 Private collection 1102 402
Fish-Drying Barn The Hague: early June, 1882 Zeist (Netherlands), Van Vlissingen Art Foundation 945 160
Flowering Shrubs Saint-Rémy: May, 1889 Private collection 1526 1707
Flowering Shrubs Saint-Rémy: May, 1889 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1527 1708
Four Men Cutting Wood The Hague: late July, 1882 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 950 170
Four People on a Bench The Hague: September, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum None 195
Garden with Arbor Etten: June, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 902 9
Gate in the Paris Ramparts Paris: June-September, 1887 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1401 1284
Girl with Black Cap Sitting on the Ground Etten: November, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 873 79
Group of Farmhouses Drente: October, 1883 Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum 1103 403
Harvest in Provence, at the Left Montmajour Arles: June, 1888 Cambridge (Mass.), Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 1484 1438
Harvest Landscape Arles: 10-12 June 1888 Private collection 1483 1439
Haystacks near a Farm Arles: 12-13 June 1888 Location unknown 1425 1441
Heath with a Wheelbarrow, The Drente: September, 1883 Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art 1100 400
Interior with a Weaver Facing Right Nuenen: December, 1883 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1110 437
Iron Mill in The Hague The Hague: late July, 1882 Private collection 926 166
Landscape Etten: April-May, 1881 Saint Louis, Saint Louis Art Museum 874v 3
Landscape in Drenthe Drente: Autumn, 1883 Private collection None Add. 21
Landscape with a Farm Drente: October, 1883 Assen, Drents Museum 1101 401
Landscape with a Stack of Peat and Farmhouses Drente: September-December, 1883 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1099 399
Landscape with Bridge across the Oise Auvers-sur-Oise: June, 1890 London, Tate Gallery 1639 2023
Landscape with Cottages Auvers-sur-Oise: late May, 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1640r 1986
Langlois Bridge at Arles, The Arles: April, 1888 Private collection 1480 1382
Lower Part of the Windmill De Laakmolen Etten: July, 1882 Private collection 844 59
Lumber Sale Nuenen: December, 1883 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1113 438
Man Winding Yarn Nuenen: May-June, 1884 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1140 487
Man with Broom Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 890 45
Man with Winnow Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 891 24
Meadow, In the Background New Church The Hague: second half July, 1882 Private collection, Japan 916 162
Meadows near Rijswijk and the Schenkweg The Hague: February, 1882 Private collection 910 99
Mill of Alphonse Daudet at Fontvieille, The Arles: July, 1888 Zurich, Dr. Peter Nathan 1464 1497
Miners in the Snow: Winter The Hague: October, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1202 229
Mother at the Cradle and Child Sitting on the Floor Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1070 74
Moulin de Blute-Fin, The Paris: Fall, 1886 Amsterdam, P. and N. de Boer Foundation 1397 1173
Night Cafe in Arles, The Arles: September, 1888 Bern, Collection H.R. Hahnloser 1463 1576
Old Vineyard with Peasant Woman Auvers-sur-Oise: 25 May 1890 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1624 1985
Orchard in Blossom with Two Figures: Spring The Hague: October, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1245 230
Outskirts of Paris near Montmartre Paris: Summer, 1887 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum 1410 1286
Parsonage Garden at Nuenen with Pond and Figures, The Nuenen: November, 1885 Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum 1234 954
Peasant Girl Raking Etten: October, 1881 Utrecht, Centraal Museum 884 57
Peasant Man and Woman, Digging Nuenen: August, 1885 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1299 874
Peasant Sitting by the Fireplace ("Worn Out") Etten: October, 1881 New York, private collection 864 51
Peasant Sitting by the Fireplace ("Worn Out") Etten: September, 1881 Amsterdam, P. and N. de Boer Foundation 863 34
Peasant Woman Sowing with a Basket Etten: October, 1881 Germany, private collection 883 53
Peasant Woman, Head Nuenen: December-January, 1884-85 Private collection 1194 588
Peat Bog Drente: October, 1883 Mexico City: Soumaya Museum 1094 398
People Strolling on the Beach The Hague: September, 1882 Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art 1038 228
Pink Peach Trees Arles: April, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1469 1384
Pollard Willow The Hague: 27 July 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 947 164
Pollard Willow Etten: October, 1881 Private collection 995 56
Poor and Money, The The Hague: September-October, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 970 222
Potato Market The Hague: September-October, 1882 Private collection 1091 252
Public Soup Kitchen, The The Hague: c. 4 March 1883 Private collection 1020b 331
Ramparts of Paris, The Paris: Summer, 1887 London, private collection 1402 1280
Ramparts of Paris, The Paris: Summer, 1887 Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester 1403 1281
Road Running Beside the Paris Ramparts Paris: June-September, 1887 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1400 1283
Rooftops The Hague: 21 July 1882 Private collection 943 156
Sale of Building Scrap Nuenen: May, 1885 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1230 770
Scheveningen Woman Etten: November-December, 1881 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 871 85
Scheveningen Woman The Hague: mid-January, 1882 Los Angeles, Getty Center 946v 95
Scheveningen Woman Knitting Etten: December, 1881 Private collection 870 84
Scheveningen Woman Sewing Etten: December, 1881 Amsterdam, P. and N. de Boer Foundation 869 83
Scheveningen Woman with Wheeelbarrow The Hague: May, 1883 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1021 362
Scheveningen Women and Other People Under Umbrellas The Hague: late July, 1882 The Hague, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (on loan from the Wibbina Foundation) 990 172
Shed with Sunflowers Paris: August-September, 1887 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1411 1305
Sien Nursing Baby The Hague: September, 1882 Private collection 1068 219
Snowy Yard The Hague: March, 1883 Private collection 1022 344
Sower Etten: September, 1881 Private collection 866a 27
Sower with Basket Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 865 25
Stone Bench in the Garden of the Asylum Saint-Rémy: May, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1537 1711
Stone Steps in the Garden of the Asylum Saint-Rémy: May, 1889? Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1535 1713
Sunday in Eindhoven, A Nuenen: May-September, 1885 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1348 958
Three Woodcutters Walking Nuenen, January, 1884 Cincinatti, Cincinatti Art Museum 948 171
Tree Roots in a Sandy Ground ("Les Racines") The Hague: late April, 1882 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 933r 142
Trees and Shrubs Saint-Rémy: May, 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1533 1710
Trees in the Garden of the Asylum Saint-Rémy: May, 1889 Private collection 1536 1712
Two Women Talking to Each Other While Digging Nuenen: second half August, 1885 Private collection 1296 877
View of Scheveningen The Hague: Summer-Autumn, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1041 167
View of The Hague with the New Church The Hague: January, 1882 Unites States, private collection 1680 97
Vincent's House in Arles (The Yellow House) Arles: September, 1888 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1413 1591
Waiting Room The Hague: September, 1882 Private collection 909 94
Water Mill at Gennep Nuenen: mid-November, 1884 Location unknown 1144a 523
Weaver Nuenen: December-August, 1883-84 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1107 445
Weaver Nuenen: December-August, 1883-84 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1114 444
Weaver Nuenen: December-August, 1883-84 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1125 448
Weaver Nuenen: December-August, 1883-84 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1115 502
Weaver, Arranging Threads Nuenen: May, 1884 Location unknown 1688 482
Weaver Facing Left Nuenen: July, 1884 Location unknown 1116av 499
Weaver Facing Right Nuenen: c. 18-23 February 1884 Paris, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins 1108 451
Weaver Facing Right, Interior with One Window and High Chair Nuenen: c. 24 January 1884 Izumi, Japan, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts 1119 449
Weed Burner, Sitting on a Wheelbarrow with his Wife The Hague: early July, 1883 Wassenaar, Museum Voorlinden 1035a 375
Windmills near Dordrecht Etten: August, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 850 15
Window of Vincent's Studio at the Asylum Saint-Rémy: 5-22 October 1889 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1528 1807
Woman at the Window, Knitting The Hague: mid-January, 1882 Location unknown 910a 90
Woman (Sien?) with Baby on her Lap, Half-Figure The Hague: September, 1882 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1061 220
Woman by a Hearth Nuenen: August, 1885 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1222 895
Woman by the Fireplace Nuenen: second half August, 1885 Private collection 1223 894
Woman Churning Butter Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 892 72
Woman Grinding Coffee Etten: January-February, 1882 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 889 75
Woman Mending Stockings Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 888r 68
Woman on her Deathbed The Hague: late April, 1883 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 841 359
Woman Peeling Potatoes Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 854 66
Woman Peeling Potatoes near a Window Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1209 22
Woman Peeling Potatoes near a Window Etten: September, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1213 23
Woman Reeling Yarn Nuenen: early June, 1884 Izumi, Japan, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts 68 495
Woman Reeling Yarn Nuenen: early June, 1884 New York, Collection Dr. Samuel Karlon 1139 494
Woman Sewing Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 885 71
Woman Sewing Etten: October, 1881 Private collection 886 69
Woman Sewing Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1221 70
Woman Sewing Etten: October, 1881 Location unknown 867 67
Woman Sitting at the Fireside Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1216 64
Woman Spreading Out Laundry on a Field The Hague: September, 1882 Private collection 1087 200
Woman with a Broom The Hague: late September, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1075 224
Woman with a Broom The Hague: September-October, 1882 Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum 1074 249
Woman with Dark Cap (Sien's Mother?) The Hague: December, 1882 Groningen, Groninger Museum 1057 294
Woman with Folded Hands, Half-Length The Hague: March, 1883 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1179 324
Woman with Kettle by the Fireplace Nuenen: second half August, 1885 Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 1293 896
Woman with Shawl, Sewing The Hague: March, 1883 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 1033 353
Woman with Shawl, Umbrella and Basket The Hague: November, 1882 Binningen, Collection Prof. Max Stahelin 934 255
Woman with White Shawl in a Wood The Hague: late July, 1882 Teheran, Collection A. Farmanformaian 949 169
Women Miners The Hague: c. 1 November 1882 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 994 253
Young Woman Sewing Etten: October, 1881 Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum 887 73
Zouave (Half Length), The Arles: June, 1888 New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1482 1487

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