Vincent van Gogh, one of the most influential figures in Western art history, paintedWheat Field with Cypressesin the summer of1889during his stay at the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence asylum in southern France. Measuring approximately73 cm × 93.4 cm, the painting is executed inoil on canvasand belongs to thePost-Impressionistmovement. Today, the original resides atThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
