Van Gogh Capturing the Orchards in Bloom
In the spring of 1888, Van Gogh was living in Arles and interested in working outdoors to capture the blossoming orchards. Find out more about how Van Gogh captured these works.
In the spring of 1888, Van Gogh was living in Arles and interested in working outdoors to capture the blossoming orchards. Find out more about how Van Gogh captured these works.
Van Gogh approached spring with an eagerness to not only enjoy the rebirth of nature in spring, but to also share the colors of life in everything he saw and painted.
During the August and September, when sunflowers are a hearty flower common in many areas, it is hard not to be reminded of Van Gogh. Sunflowers have become an iconic symbol of the artist and his work. Sunflowers were a popular subject in Van Gogh’s paintings when he moved to Arles, France; many of them…