# Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOGH, Vincent van]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Reed pen, 395 x 535 mm ## Commentary <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/database/glossary/note02.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=400'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">Catalogue numbers:</a> F 1428, JH 1458. At the end of May 1888 van Gogh took a trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a fishing village on the Mediterranean coast. He painted here two seascapes and a view of the village along with a number of drawings that he based paintings on once he was back in his studio. On the present drawing van Gogh based a painting \(<a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/gogh\_van/08/2maries5.html'\)" href="/html/g/gogh\_van/08/2maries5.html">F 413\)</a> which is one of his most accomplished attempts to establish a harmony of motif and colour. On the drawing the painter meticulously recorded the colours of the original subject \(rouge, blanc, bleu, etc.\). The graphic precision on the painted version was laid down in detail in the drawing. ## Related artworks - [A Cottage on the Heath and "The Protestant Barn"]() - [A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles]() - [A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul]() - [A Pair of Leather Clogs]() - [A Pair of Shoes]() - [A Pair of Shoes]() - [A Workman's Meal-Break]() - [Agostina Segatori in the Café du Tambourin]() - [Almond Tree in Blossom]() - [Apricot Trees in Blossom]() - [At Eternity's Gate \("Worn Out"\)]() - [Avenue of Plane Trees near Arles Station]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()