(Alternate title: Landscape with the Chateau of Auvers at Sunset) Painted between June 18 and 22, 1890. ‘A crepuscular effect: two pear-trees, wholly black, against a yellowing sky, with grain-fields; and, in the purple background, the castle, enfolded by dark foliage.’ This was how Van Gogh described his brother Theo in letter 644 (24 or 25 June 1890) the evocative landscape he painted shortly after sunset in the surroundings of the château at Auvers. During the final months of his life, Vincent painted a number of works in this striking format, twice as wide as they were high – ideally suited to broad landscape views. (http://www.tfsimon.com/auvers-sur-oise.html)