Landscapes and nature

Dead Oak

Kees van Willigen · 1915–1990

Date

1977

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

85 x 110 cm

During a year of severe drought, several large oaks died slowly at La Lichière, in the Ardèche. Only imposing, lifeless structures remained, and these are what the painting depicts.

The subject is treated through the strength of drawing and colour rather than narrative.