- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Year
- 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 73.5 × 92.4 cm
- Subject
- Still Life
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
Public Domain
Wikimedia Commons
Delicate almond blossoms spread their branches against a clear blue sky, painted to celebrate the birth of the artist’s nephew and namesake. In February 1890, recovering in Saint-Rémy after his mental breakdown, Van Gogh turned to the flowering trees as symbols of new life and renewal, producing a series of canvases that rank among his most serene and hopeful works.