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

White Chestnut Tree in Blossom

May 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise
Oil on canvas, 63 x 50 cm
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo

Catalogue numbers: F 752, JH 1991.

In 1890 in Saint-Rémy van Gogh hoped again to complete a series of flowering fruit trees, as he did earlier in Arles. Unfortunately, poor health prevented him from pursuing his goal, and he recovered only after all blossoms were gone. Van Gogh painted chestnut trees both in the south and the north. In 1890 in Auvers they offered him an opportunity to celebrate spring after all, and to make up for the missed opportunities in Saint-Rémy. When he moved to Auvers at the end of May, the chestnuts were still in bloom and van Gogh painted them several times.




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