![Vincent van Gogh - The Harvest [1888]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7513/15516300017_40a9399ff2_o.jpg)
While in Arles, Van Gogh painted a number of series on various subjects. He had already carried out a sequence of blossoming orchards in the spring of 1888, and in June of that year he turned his attention to the harvest and wheat fields. In little more than a week he executed as many as ten paintings and five drawings on the theme. He worked daily in the fields under the burning sun, until a huge storm put an unexpected end to the harvest on June 20th.
[Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm]