Where Is Almond Blossoms? See It at Van Gogh Museum

Q: Where can I see Almond Blossoms?

It's at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Van Gogh painted it in February 1890 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, shortly before leaving the asylum where he'd been treated.

Q: Why did Van Gogh paint Almond Blossoms?

He made it as a gift for his newborn nephew, named Vincent Willem after him. Van Gogh's brother Theo and his wife Jo had just had the baby. The blossoming almond tree symbolizes new life and hope. Van Gogh wrote to Theo that he'd started it immediately after hearing the news.

Q: What influenced the style?

Van Gogh was deeply influenced by Japanese woodblock prints, particularly ukiyo-e art. The flat areas of color, bold outlines, and cropped composition directly echo Japanese printmaking. He'd been collecting and studying Japanese prints for years.

Q: How big is Almond Blossoms?

The canvas measures 73.3 cm × 92.4 cm (28.9 × 36.4 inches). The pale blue sky background makes the white blossoms glow. Van Gogh used thick outlines around the branches, giving them an almost graphic, decorative quality.

Vincent van Gogh created this oil on canvas work in 1890, during the height of the Post-Impressionism movement. This composition influenced subsequent generations of artists. Vincent van Gogh's approach to form, color, and subject matter established patterns that others would study and adapt. The work rewards close attention to its technical and expressive qualities. The painting now resides at Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where visitors experience it firsthand. Seeing the original reveals qualities of brushwork, scale, and color that reproductions cannot fully convey. The museum's collection provides context alongside other significant works from this period. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch artist associated with Post-Impressionism.

It's at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Van Gogh painted it in February 1890 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, shortly before leaving the asylum where he'd been treated.

He made it as a gift for his newborn nephew, named Vincent Willem after him. Van Gogh's brother Theo and his wife Jo had just had the baby. The blossoming almond tree symbolizes new life and hope. Van Gogh wrote to Theo that he'd started it immediately after hearing the news.

Van Gogh was deeply influenced by Japanese woodblock prints, particularly ukiyo-e art. The flat areas of color, bold outlines, and cropped composition directly echo Japanese printmaking. He'd been collecting and studying Japanese prints for years.

The canvas measures 73.3 cm × 92.4 cm (28.9 × 36.4 inches). The pale blue sky background makes the white blossoms glow. Van Gogh used thick outlines around the branches, giving them an almost graphic, decorative quality.

He suffered another severe mental breakdown shortly after completing it. He left the Saint-Rémy asylum in May 1890 and moved to Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris. He died in July 1890, just five months later. The painting stayed in the family and eventually passed to the Van Gogh Museum.

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