Double-square painting

A double-square painting is a painting made on uncommonly large canvases, which have one dimension that is twice the size of the other. Vincent van Gogh used 50 cm × 100 cm (20 in × 39 in) double-squares almost exclusively during the final weeks of his life in Auvers, in June and July 1890.[1] Other artists who have painted double-square canvases include Charles-François Daubigny, Puvis de Chavannes,[2] and Ivon Hitchens.

  1. ^ These terms were coined by Ronald Pickvance, one of the leading experts in Van Gogh-research.[need quotation to verify]
  2. ^ Hammacher, A. M. The Ten Creative Years of Vincent van Gogh, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1968. page 175