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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Wheat-Field-with-Cypresses-(1889)-Vincent-van-Gogh-Met.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 17, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-07-17. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks!  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:26, 3 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

Wheat Field with Cypresses is the title of three similar paintings produced in 1889 by Vincent van Gogh. This one, painted in July, can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was painted at the Saint-Rémy mental asylum near Arles, France, where Van Gogh was a patient.Painting: Vincent van Gogh
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The National Gallery's version of Wheat Field with Cypresses, one of three similar oil paintings completed by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 as part of his wheat field series. All were executed at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole mental asylum at Saint-Rémy near Arles, France, and were inspired by the view from the window at the asylum towards the Alpilles mountains.Painting: Vincent van Gogh