Vincent van Gogh "Orchard with pear trees in blossom"
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From the Album: "Van Gogh in Arles"
"Orchard with pear trees in blossom" (Arles, April 1888) [F406] (meant as a present on Theo's birthday, 1 May)
This was the last painting van Gogh made for the 1888 series of orchards. It was conceived especially for Theo's birthday (Theo turned 31 on 1 May).
"...I have 10 orchards now, not counting three small studies and a large one of a cherry tree that I worked to death (...) Croquis here of an orchard that I had especially intended for you to mark the first of May.
It’s entirely bright and done entirely in one go, a riot of impastos barely tinged with yellow and lilac in the first white clump. You’ll probably be in Holland then, and over there you’ll perhaps see the same trees in blossom on that day." - To Theo. Arles, 20 April 1888 http://bit.ly/2mVH4pC
"Orchard with pear trees in blossom" (Arles, April 1888) [F406] (meant as a present on Theo's birthday, 1 May)
By Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)
oil on canvas; 72 x 58 cm
Private Collection, Switzerland
"Van Gogh's paintings of orchards in blossom were begun five weeks after his arrival in Arles and completed in less than a month.
These fourteen canvases were Van Gogh's heightened response to the pellucid atmosphere and limpid colours of a Provencal spring, joyous celebration of pure visual enchantment. After the death of the Paris winter, they symbolized his own rebirth. They were also vindication of his vision of Japan in the South.
Van Gogh's aim, he told his brother, was to create 'a Provencal orchard of outstanding gaiety'. And he constantly sought that gaiety by depicting a single orchard - whether of apricot, peach, plum, cherry, pear or apple.
Moreover, he maintained insider's view of the characteristic Provencal orchard, with its enclosing cane fence and line of cypresses, protection against the mistral.
These distillations of orchards are not uniform in style or technique. Some are almost perversely thin and discreet in brushstroke, even with untouched areas, others have a structural density with impetuously applied impasto; and in one instance, an adapted pointillism is used, echoing Seurat's refined harmonies ('Orchard with peach trees' [F551]; see the painting http://bit.ly/2zal2BV).
Some canvases functioned as small oil sketches, others were completed in one session on the spot, like the present canvas; yet others were reworked in the studio.
The subtle relationship of color sequence is not deliberately heightened, nor the play of complementaries imposed.
Only the motif of blooming orchards is related to Japanese prints. Pictorial space is carefully plotted. In many instances Van Gogh must have used his perspective frame, as he mentioned doing in several landscapes finished just before he started the orchards. The only exception is 'Small pear tree in blossom' [F405]; see the painting http://bit.ly/2rsMuHE .
Van Gogh varied format and size. He actually produced seven vertical, and seven horizontal canvases. In the orchard paintings he chose the sizes with some deliberateness, as he consciously moved towards the notion of a scheme of decoration consisting of a series of triptychs of one upright central canvas flanked by two horizontals." - From 'Van Gogh in Arles' (1984) by Ronald Pickvance http://amzn.to/2pbMsWx
From the Album: "Van Gogh in Arles"
"Orchard with pear trees in blossom" (Arles, April 1888) [F406] (meant as a present on Theo's birthday, 1 May)
This was the last painting van Gogh made for the 1888 series of orchards. It was conceived especially for Theo's birthday (Theo turned 31 on 1 May).
"...I have 10 orchards now, not counting three small studies and a large one of a cherry tree that I worked to death (...) Croquis here of an orchard that I had especially intended for you to mark the first of May.
It’s entirely bright and done entirely in one go, a riot of impastos barely tinged with yellow and lilac in the first white clump. You’ll probably be in Holland then, and over there you’ll perhaps see the same trees in blossom on that day." - To Theo. Arles, 20 April 1888 http://bit.ly/2mVH4pC
"Orchard with pear trees in blossom" (Arles, April 1888) [F406] (meant as a present on Theo's birthday, 1 May)
By Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)
oil on canvas; 72 x 58 cm
Private Collection, Switzerland
"Van Gogh's paintings of orchards in blossom were begun five weeks after his arrival in Arles and completed in less than a month.
These fourteen canvases were Van Gogh's heightened response to the pellucid atmosphere and limpid colours of a Provencal spring, joyous celebration of pure visual enchantment. After the death of the Paris winter, they symbolized his own rebirth. They were also vindication of his vision of Japan in the South.
Van Gogh's aim, he told his brother, was to create 'a Provencal orchard of outstanding gaiety'. And he constantly sought that gaiety by depicting a single orchard - whether of apricot, peach, plum, cherry, pear or apple.
Moreover, he maintained insider's view of the characteristic Provencal orchard, with its enclosing cane fence and line of cypresses, protection against the mistral.
These distillations of orchards are not uniform in style or technique. Some are almost perversely thin and discreet in brushstroke, even with untouched areas, others have a structural density with impetuously applied impasto; and in one instance, an adapted pointillism is used, echoing Seurat's refined harmonies ('Orchard with peach trees' [F551]; see the painting http://bit.ly/2zal2BV).
Some canvases functioned as small oil sketches, others were completed in one session on the spot, like the present canvas; yet others were reworked in the studio.
The subtle relationship of color sequence is not deliberately heightened, nor the play of complementaries imposed.
Only the motif of blooming orchards is related to Japanese prints. Pictorial space is carefully plotted. In many instances Van Gogh must have used his perspective frame, as he mentioned doing in several landscapes finished just before he started the orchards. The only exception is 'Small pear tree in blossom' [F405]; see the painting http://bit.ly/2rsMuHE .
Van Gogh varied format and size. He actually produced seven vertical, and seven horizontal canvases. In the orchard paintings he chose the sizes with some deliberateness, as he consciously moved towards the notion of a scheme of decoration consisting of a series of triptychs of one upright central canvas flanked by two horizontals." - From 'Van Gogh in Arles' (1984) by Ronald Pickvance http://amzn.to/2pbMsWx
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