The woman picking olives is by Vincent van Gogh. The date is between 1889 and 1890. The material is oil on canvas and the Its dimensions are 75 cm x 113 cm. The painting of the Reapers is by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and was created around 1565. The material is oil on canvas. The dimensions are approximately 116.5 x 159.5 cm. The basic image of the painting Women Picking Olives shows three women helping each other pick a strange object from a tree. From the title of the painting I would say that the object is an olive but the object does not look like an olive. The object looks like a pumpkin but pumpkins don't grow on trees! Maybe they are putting the item on the tree instead of taking it down? Every time I look at this painting I feel a cold shiver around me. This sensation could be explained by the leaves of the trees that seem to be moved by the wind. The direction in which the wind moves is a bit confusing because while most leaves on trees move to the left, some leaves on trees move to the right. The trees themselves look rather peculiar because their stems are elongated in rather strange ways. Most of the stems zigzag left and right. The background of the painting appears rather bare and stone-like. It is a dark mud color and does not appear to contain any nutrients. This makes me wonder how the bare, unhealthy soil is able to support the trees and perhaps that's why the trees are so deformed. The sky in the painting appears white with red parts superimposed throughout. It lacks the natural blue color that a sky often must have. I believe the plot of the painting is late afternoon when the sun sets. The women in the painting are dressed in a very ancient way and... in the center of the paper... perfectly influence the atmosphere of the paintings. The painting Women Picking Olives is quite simple but has eerie details such as the tallest woman on the ladder looking to her right, the trees and leaves all going in different directions making it hard to tell where the breeze is going. These details make me believe that the painting is much more complicated than it seems and create a cryptic feeling in the painting. The reapers seems complex but it is clear that the painting is about a relaxed group of people preparing for harvest time. I prefer the painting Women Picking Olives because it doesn't give many details about its interpretation and lets the viewer think about what is happening himself. I interpret the Women Who Pick Olives as women who have suffered abuse and are forced to strictly follow the rules and make efforts otherwise they would be punished.