The Potato Eaters

Vincent Van Gogh’s 1885 painting “The Potato Eaters” shows a group of peasant women sitting around a table eating potatoes. At the time, he wanted to show how different the lower class lived versus the upper class.

Vincent Van Gogh’s 1885 painting “The Potato Eaters” shows a group of peasant women sitting around a table eating potatoes. At the time, he wanted to show how different the lower class lived versus the upper class.