Country Road at Night Cross Stitch Pattern

Description

Country Road at Night cross stitch pattern is a replica of Van Gogh’s 1890 oil painting Country Road in Provence by Night. It was the last painting he completed while at the Saint-Rémy Asylum and was painted entirely from imagination.

I loved charting this outstanding artwork and spending time recreating Van Gogh’s swirling brushstrokes and rich blue/green colour palette. My favourite element is the transition from (top left) royals blues to (bottom right) jade pastel greens, How about you?

The Project

Country Road at Night cross stitch is a large, full coverage cross stitch, requiring 150 different DMC colours and a lot of thread changes. There is some serious confetti in this project. It measures 56.2cm x 71.8cm when stitched on 14 count Aida cloth (122,760 stitches). If you are up for the challenge, I recommend using Pattern Keeper to manage your project and you’ll find an additional PK chart in your download pack.

When stitching this design, the 5 x rows along the top have a lot of black and dark tones. I kept this in to replicate Van Gogh’s original painting but you may want to either (1) substitute for lighter tones or (2) remove those 4 rows completely. Check it out before stitching.

The Painting

This beautiful painting is currently held at the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. Here is a little more about the painting from the museum website:

“Van Gogh painted this country road not from nature, but from his imagination. He had first experimented with painting from his imagination in Arles, in imitation of Paul Gauguin, with whom he lived and worked for several weeks.

Van Gogh used several of the motifs in this work – such as the cypresses, the yellow corn and the mountain in the background – in earlier paintings. These were motifs that he perceived as typical of Provence. For this reason the painting is seen as a summation of his impressions at Saint-Rémy.”

Kröller-Müller Museum

The Artist

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-impressionist painter who might just be the world’s most famous artist. His work is defined by his bright colours and thick, expressive brush strokes. I am greatly enjoying the process of charting his paintings into counted cross stitch patterns. You can learn so much about colour and composition by analysing his artwork.

Important Notice

This cross stitch pattern was originally published under my previous brand, Cross Stitch Patterns Online. It’s fully supported and the finished piece looks lovely, but the cover sheet and file layout reflect my earlier design style. Legacy products are now offered at 30% below regular prices.