Peasant Woman, Planting Beets
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Date
- 1885 ; Nunen \/ Nuenen , Netherlands
- Style
- Realism
- Genre
- Sketch and study
- Location
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
"Peasant Woman, Planting Beets" is a compelling work from Vincent van Gogh's Peasant Character Studies series created between 1881 and 1885. The painting reflects Van Gogh’s focus on the Realism movement, capturing rural labor with sincerity. Likely executed on paper, it may have originated as a sketch and study for a larger work. Van Gogh’s use of chalk for underdrawing demonstrates his careful planning. The scene emphasizes everyday peasant life, emphasizing honesty and simplicity characteristic of his early realist approach.
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