The Potato Eaters

The series on the Potato Eaters, executed in Nuenen in spring 1885, is one of the most significant of Vincent van Gogh’s first period. Having taken up residence in this small village near Eindhoven in the Brabant region in 1883, the artist focused his attention on depicting the life of the local country dwellers in numerous drawings, sketches and engravings and two large paintings on canvas, rende…