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Catalogue numbers: F 585, JH 1758.
The series of olive groves harks back to Arles. At that time van Gogh painted fruit trees in blossom, using nicely nuanced lighting and subtle colour combinations to approximate a Japanese ideal. The principle of light emanating from within survived into the fifteen Saint-Rémy paintings of olive trees. But now it had become of secondary importance. This painting, for instance, is altogether lacking in optimism, and there are no blossoms on these trees. There is a quality of lament in the twisted, knotted look of the olive trees.
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