In his artwork Seascape at Saintes-Maries that was painted on the Mediterranean shore, Van Gogh took the traditional motif of the sea and sailboats that was so beloved by impressionists and imbued it with enormous vital force and energy. The area where the painting was created impressed Van Gogh with the brightness of southern nature. At the same time, it reminded him of Holland, which he dearly loved and always carried in his heart. The sea, with its high horizon line, looks boundless. Sails of fishermen’s boats struggle with the strength of the damp wind. The fishermen are depicted in such a way that speaks to their difficult, age-old, and honest labor. The sea waters and the people in them, in all their primordial power, are fused together in a single flow of life. The colors are curiously intense, and the brush strokes have an energetic dynamic with their relief texture. This active tension of colors and brush strokes conveys Van Gogh’s feelings, his emotions from what he saw, and his own struggle with nature and the canvas.This small artwork is evidence of the anxiety and admiration that the artist felt when observing Mediterranean nature.