GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

Orchard in Blossom

April 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 72 x 58 cm
Private collection

Catalogue numbers: F 406, JH 1399.

This painting belongs to a series of fourteen blossoming orchards that van Gogh painted in spring 1888, shortly after his arrival in Arles. He especially liked to paint blossoming trees to celebrate the birth of his loved ones. He commemorated Theo's birthday in the spring of 1888 with the present Orchard in Blossom.




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