first steps after millet vincent van goghVincent Van Gogh's First Steps, after Millet is a gentle, touching genre scene, evoking a child's first independent movements. Van Gogh, detached from reality, uses expressive colours to convey emotions, a characteristic of Post Impressionism. In this bucolic composition, a father stretches out his arms towards his child, who is taking his first steps. The warm tones of their clothes contrast with the rich green of the surrounding countryside. In the