“Wheatfield Under a Cloudy Sky” by Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) presents an overview of his life’s journey, in which the commotion of daily life is in front, and the boundless field stretches off into the distance. Van Gogh, who had been sick for a long time, usually felt healthy and reassured when out in the countryside, so painting an outdoor scene such as this would have produced a cleansing catharsis giving him some much needed serenity and comfort. The artist’s final painting, this unusual and elongated canvas in which he expresses sadness and extreme loneliness, is both beautiful and melancholy.

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