“Wheatfield Under a Cloudy Sky” by Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890) is an overview of his life in which the material world meets with the infinite. Painted days before his death on an unusually elongated canvas, Van Gogh, who had been ill for quite some time, said it expressed sadness and extreme loneliness, but also the health and reassurance he felt outdoors. The act of painting something highly emotional or melancholy had a cathartic effect that replaced his anxiety with deep serenity and comfort.