In 1883, Van Gogh painted a vast piece of land in emerald and chartreuse-like colors accompanied by a lonesome wheelbarrow in the middle ground along with red roofed cottages on the horizon line.

After a secret relationship with a woman known as Sien, whom his family did not approve of, Van Gogh left The Hague at the advice of his friends in September 1883.

[1] Van Gogh wanted to visit an area of open countryside and endless fields of green and reached a city named Drenthe, in north-east Netherlands to take inspiration from the wild landscape.

Brings everything together in a spectrum of delicate greys.We can gather from his letter to his brother that the views from his whereabouts in Drenthe inspired Van Gogh to use select colors to complete the painting.

Because his letters during the autumn season were in a positive tone we can interpret this painting as a real life version of what he was seeing and not a complete cast of sorrow that is assumed during his sojourn.

Van Gogh mentions in his letter that the sky is unbroken and not white, but includes a lilac and swirls of blue, red, and yellow that can be seen in the top left of the painting and above the horizon line.