- What is the meaning of…Wheatfield with Crows by Vincent Van Gogh How are we to understand the Wheatfield with Crows1 by Vincent Van Gogh? Or, for that matter, how are we to understand any painting? As Heidegger has pointed out, “On the usual view the work arises out of and by means of the activity of the artist.”2 Rather than shun the… Read more: What is the meaning of…