A small house with a bright red roof sits at the lower right, surrounded by dense, dark green trees and twisting, brushy plants. A narrow pink path curves in front of the house, bordered by blue-green foliage and leading into the foreground, where the brushstrokes grow thick and energetic. To the left of the house, a patch of vivid orange-brown earth is divided from the golden fields above by a jagged line of cypress trees, painted with vertical, almost calligraphic strokes.

Above the house, the land rises steeply in a patchwork of ochre, yellow, and pale green fields, each separated by dark, undulating lines that define the boundaries of the cultivated plots. A single ploughman, dressed in blue, guides a white horse across the central field, his small figure dwarfed by the vast, sloping landscape. The fields are dotted with rhythmic, swirling marks that suggest the movement of wind or the remnants of harvested crops.

At the upper edge, the land turns bluish and purple, with short, parallel strokes creating the effect of distant hills or furrows under a pale, streaked sky. Light falls evenly across the scene, illuminating the saturated colors and the thick, textured paint that gives the surface a sense of movement and vitality. Every element in the composition is outlined and animated by Van Gogh’s distinctive, expressive brushwork, with lines that curve, twist, and pulse across the canvas.

The viewpoint looks down from above, flattening the space and emphasizing the graphic arrangement of fields, house, and vegetation. Vincent van Gogh painted Landscape with House and Ploughman in December 1889, during his time in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The subject brings together a valley, a solitary house, a ploughman at work, and the surrounding fields, all seen from an elevated perspective.