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…showed last 75 words of 1437 total…kies" (Cutts & Smith 254). This painting undoubtedly contains elements of Van Gogh's melancholy. The vigorous, frustrated brushstrokes being witness to his troubled mind (Cutter & Smith 254). Van Gogh has the dark blue contrasting with the lighter blue to give the sky a very expressionistic quality about it. A short period after painting this scene, Van Gogh walked into the very same fields and shot himself in the chest. He died two days later.