Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
INV-2795
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)Early 1887
Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) →Post-Impressionism19th centurynineteenth centuryoil on canvasdutch
Date
Early 1887
Medium
Oil on canvas, mounted on pressboard
Dimensions
43.6 × 33 cm (17 1/8 × 13 in.); Framed: 61 × 50.8 × 7 cm (24 × 20 × 2 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection
This painting dates from the winter of 1887, roughly a year after Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris to join his brother, the art dealer Theo van Gogh. It is one of a group of landscapes featuring the Butte Montmartre, a short climb from the apartment on the rue Lepic where Vincent and Theo lived. Montmartre was dotted with reminders of its quickly receding rural past—abandoned quarries, kitchen gardens, and three surviving windmills, including the Moulin de Blute-Fin. The nonfunctional mill had become a tourist attraction, affording spectacular panoramic views over Paris from the observation tower erected beside it.
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