12. Vincent van Gogh - The Potato Eaters, April - May 1885

‘The Potato Eaters’ is undoubtedly Van Gogh’s most ambitious painting from his Dutch period. Before beginning the definitive painting he made several drawings and two oil sketches. This painting in the Kröller-Müller Museum is the second study.

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