Focusing on the Gender roles of this artwork, explain the The basket maker about the Men.
The basket maker As the seasons changed, Van Gogh made paintings of those who worked indoors, like the basket maker.  Years after making the paintings, Van Gogh wrote in 1888 of the solitary nature of the occupation: "A weaver or a basket maker often spends whole seasons alone, or almost alone, with his craft as his only distraction. And what makes these people stay in one place is precisely the feeling of being at home, the reassuring and familiar look of things."