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Painting by Vincent van Gogh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam is a watercolor created in November 1883 by Vincent van Gogh in Drente, The Netherlands.[4]
Drawbridge in Nieuw Amsterdam (F1098) | |
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Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
Year | 1883 |
Type | Watercolor |
Location | Groninger Museum, Groninger, Netherlands[1][nb 1] |
Van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo, of the view outside his room in Nieuw-Amsterdam, Drenthe: "I now have a reasonably large room where a stove has been placed, where there happens to be a small balcony. From which I can even see the heath with the huts. I also look out on a very curious drawbridge." Within the letter he drew a sketch of the bridge, which became the watercolor, Drawbridge in Nieuw-Amsterdam.[5]
The work was one of 148 watercolors made by Van Gogh, who said of working in that medium in 1881:
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.[6]
Five years after having made this work, van Gogh made Langlois Bridge at Arles in France which captures a lighter mood.[7]
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