Almond branch

Date: 1890
Location: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

On January 31, 1890, Theo van Gogh announced the birth of his son in a letter to Van Gogh . The little boy was named Vincent Willem, after Vincent. Van Gogh, who was extremely close to his younger brother, immediately set about painting his favorite subject: blossoming branches against a blue sky.

The painting was intended as a gift for newborns. Van Gogh chose the almond tree as a symbol of new life because the tree blooms already in February and heralds the coming spring.

Gogh painted picture Almond branch in 1890. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890). Dutch painter belonging to Post-Impressionism. His paintings (some 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches) are among the most famous in the world and are sold for exorbitant sums (except for those in our shop). Parisian Impressionists He lived in Paris from 1886 and was influenced by the use of bright colours - most of his works were painted during this period. In his paintings, Gogh uses contrasting colours (often blue and orange - he said that I want to use colours other contrasts to each of them shone even more to contrast a man and a woman). He was known for his excesses and amputated an ear after the break-up of his friendship with Gauguin. There is a lot of speculation about this incident (he possibly suffered from heavy metal poisoning from paint that had caused mental problems). In 1890, unfortunately he committed suicide.