Landscapes and nature

Vine Stock in the Moonlight

Kees van Willigen · 1915–1990

Date

1976

Medium

Oil painting

Size

33 x 34 cm

On a blue winter night, a budding vine stock reaches a pruned shoot towards a russet moon. The subject refers to the risk of frost on the buds, on which the winegrower’s harvest depends.

Kees van Willigen knew the whole chain of wine production, from planting the vines to winemaking.