![]() ![]() Spring blossom is also a much-loved motif in Japan. His composition was clearly inspired by Japanese prints, which often feature dramatically cropped trees. He then allowed his imagination to come into play, inspiring him to create a delicate scattering of fresh petals strewn across an azure sky. Van Gogh probably broke off a few branches from the almond tree and carried them back to his studio. The branches in the upper-right corner and the crossing ones in the lower part of the painting seem to come from three separate trees. But a closer examination suggests that it is an artfully complex composition. ![]() He probably conceived the still life Almond Blossom, with the branches set against blue, on 19 February 1890, a couple of days after a marked rise in the temperature led the buds to burst out.Īt first glance his composition of blossoming branches appears quite natural, as if he had lain on the ground and gazed up at the clear sky through the gnarled branches. It must have been a memorable moment when Van Gogh was allowed outside the asylum’s high walls and got close to a tree which was a mass of delicate white petals with heady honey-like scent. © Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) ![]() Van Gogh’s View of Les Alpilles (February 1890) ![]()
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