First Steps, after Millet

Description

Vincent van Gogh’s First Steps, after Millet shows a small child moving from a mother’s supporting hands toward a father with outstretched arms. The family’s gestures form the center of a garden scene filled with pale greens, blues, and warm earth colors.

A wheelbarrow and garden tools place the moment within everyday rural work. Trees, laundry, and a cottage frame the figures without diminishing their connection. The title preserves the work’s relationship to Millet, while the visible strokes and color contrasts give this domestic scene its distinctive painted energy.