Vincent Van Gogh's The Sower at Sunset is located in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. However it came to me by way of a German Postcrosser. I was looking for information about the painting and came across this:
"The Sower, shown above left, was painted by Van Gogh in November of 1888. In this painting, Van Gogh was experimenting with the use of vibrant complimentary colors – something he would continue to do and something he would become known for in some of his most famous paintings like Starry Night. In a letter to his brother Theo from November of 1888, Van Gogh described the colors he was using in the Sower as 'Immense citron-yellow disk for the sun. Sky green-yellow with pink clouds. The field violet, the sower and the tree Prussian blue.' Although the sun is a large and beaming yellow in this painting, there is still a sense of darkness that is present in the midst of fall."
Two more stamps from the floral series: Krokus (crocus), Gartennelke (carnation) as well as a cool stamp from the Deutsche Malerei series (German Paintings) of Georg Flegel. I love postcards that have matching stamps!
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Postcrossing card #72
