Recorded in the spellings of Minor, Minors, Miner, Miners, the French Huguenot Minier, and its possible variant Minear, this is an English surname of French origins.
Green Wheat Fields, Auvers was painted during Van Goghâs final months in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village just north of Paris. This work is a âpure landscapeâ in that there is no visible motif beyond the grassy field, road, and sky; there are no animals or figures, but instead lush flora whipped up by the wind.
The Potato Eaters (âAardappeletersâ in Dutch) is an oil painting on canvas 82 cm x 114 cm, made in 1885 by painter Vincent Van Gogh. Stored at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, this is the first work that Van Gogh considered a real success.