Who painted “The Potato Eaters”?

“The Potato Eaters” was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1885. Where to see it: Van Gogh Museum.

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Vincent van Gogh: thick, swirling strokes laid side by side, blazing yellows against blues, and everything — sky, cypresses, fields — in restless motion.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. Wikipedia

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More by Vincent van Gogh

“The Starry Night”, 1889
“Sunflowers”, 1888
“Café Terrace at Night”, 1888
“Wheatfield with Crows”, 1890
“Bedroom in Arles”, 1888
“Irises”, 1889
“Starry Night Over the Rhone”, 1888
“Portrait paintings of Dr. Gachet”, 1890