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Vincent van Gogh: Almond Blossom  wikidata:Q1432536 reasonator:Q1432536
Artist
Vincent van Gogh  (1853–1890)  wikidata:Q5582 s:en:Author:Vincent van Gogh q:en:Vincent van Gogh
 
Vincent van Gogh
Alternative names
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 30 March 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1890 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Zundert Edit this at Wikidata Auvers-sur-Oise
Work period between circa 1880 and circa July 1890
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Netherlands (Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
),
Paris (1886–1887), Arles (1888–1889),
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5582

Details on Google Art Project
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Almond blossom
title QS:P1476,en:"Almond blossom"
label QS:Len,"Almond blossom"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre floral painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date (February 1890 - 1890)
Medium oil on canvas and on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 73.5 cm (28.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 92 cm (36.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+73.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+92U174728
institution QS:P195,Q224124
Current location
Level Level:1st Floor (Details of level on Google Art Project) room Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Details of room on Google Art Project)
Accession number
s0176V1962
Place of creation Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Edit this at Wikidata
Notes More info at museum site
References
Source/Photographer dAFXSL9sZ1ulDw at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
Vincent van Gogh: Almond Blossom  wikidata:Q1432536 reasonator:Q1432536
Artist
Vincent van Gogh  (1853–1890)  wikidata:Q5582 s:en:Author:Vincent van Gogh q:en:Vincent van Gogh
 
Vincent van Gogh
Alternative names
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 30 March 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1890 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Zundert Edit this at Wikidata Auvers-sur-Oise
Work period between circa 1880 and circa July 1890
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Netherlands (Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
),
Paris (1886–1887), Arles (1888–1889),
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5582
 Edit this at Wikidata
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Almond blossom Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Almond blossom Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Almond blossom Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Almendro en flor"
label QS:Lfr,"Amandier en fleurs"
label QS:Lca,"Ametller en flor"
label QS:Lel,"Άνθη Αμυγδαλιάς"
label QS:Lar,"فروع شجرة اللوز المزهرة (لوحة)"
label QS:Lru,"Цветущие ветки миндаля"
label QS:Lko,"꽃피는 아몬드 나무"
label QS:Lde,"Blühende Mandelbaumzweige"
label QS:Lpt,"Amendoeira em Flor"
label QS:Len-gb,"Almond Blossoms"
label QS:Lhy,"Նշենու ծաղկած ճյուղեր"
label QS:Lbg,"Цъфнали бадеми"
label QS:Lml,"ആൽമണ്ട് ബ്ലോസംസ്"
label QS:Lvi,"Hoa hạnh nhân"
label QS:Lja,"花咲くアーモンドの木の枝"
label QS:Lfa,"شکوفه‌های بادام"
label QS:Lit,"Ramo di mandorlo fiorito"
label QS:Lid,"Kembang Almond"
label QS:Lpl,"Kwitnący migdałowiec"
label QS:Lhe,"פריחת השקד"
label QS:Lnl,"Amandelbloesem"
label QS:Leo,"Migdalaj Floroj"
label QS:Lhu,"Virágzó mandulaágak"
label QS:Luz,"Bodom gullari"
label QS:Lzh,"盛开的杏花"
label QS:Len-ca,"Almond Blossoms"
Object type painting / painting series Edit this at Wikidata
Genre floral painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1890 (begun between 1 February and 20 February, completed before 29 April)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 73 cm (28.7 in); width: 92 cm (36.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,73U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,92U174728
institution QS:P195,Q224124
Accession number
s0176V1962 (Van Gogh Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • Mrs. J. van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam
  • V.W. van Gogh, Laren
  • Vincent van Gogh Museum
Exhibition history
  • First exhibited Werken van Vincent van Gogh, Haagse Kunstkring [Buitenhof], The Hague, 16 May - 6 June 1892, 89 nrs [45]
Notes
  • Catalogues raisonnés:
  • F671: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 671 .
  • JH1891 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no.  1891.
  • For an overview of this painting see the Wikipedia article Almond Blossoms.
  • The painting was made to celebrate the birth of Vincent's nephew (and namesake) Vincent Willem van Gogh(1890-1978). It can be dated exactly from the letters as begun between 1 February and 20 February and completed before 29 April when he delivered the painting to his brother Theo. This period coincided with the period of his worst collapse when for a period of more than a month he was "struck down like a brute", unable to work or even to write letters.
  • Hulsker describes the painting as unique in Vincent's ouevre both for its subject and composition (p. 439).
  • Letters
  • Letter 855:To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "I’d much rather that he’d called his boy after Pa, whom I’ve thought about so often these days, than after me, but anyway, as it’s been done now I started right away to make a painting for him, to hang in their bedroom. Large branches of white almond blossom against a blue sky."
  • Letter 856:To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "But anyway, the result is that the child’s here – and as I wrote to his grandmother, I’ve started painting for him these last few days – a large sky-blue canvas against which branches covered in blossoms stand out. Possible that I may see him soon – I hope so at least – towards the end of March. I’m going to try to go to Arles once more tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to see if I can bear the journey and ordinary life without the attacks recurring."
  • Letter 857: To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 17 March 1890. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "Work was going well, the last canvas of the branches in blossom, you’ll see that it was perhaps the most patiently worked, best thing I had done, painted with calm and a greater sureness of touch. And the next day done for like a brute [Et le lendemain fichu comme une brute]."
  • Letter 863:To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 29 April 1890. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "I fell ill at the time I was doing the almond-tree blossoms. If I’d been able to continue working, you can judge from that that I would have done others of the trees in blossom. Now the trees in blossom are almost finished, really I have no luck."
  • Letter 867:Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 3 May 1890. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "... the branch of the almond trees in blossom shows that you haven’t exhausted these subjects. You may have missed the season of the blossoming trees this year, but let’s hope that that won’t be the case next time."
  • Letter 879: To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "For Theo and Jo’s little one I brought back a rather large painting — which they’ve hung above the piano – white almond blossoms – big branches on a sky-blue background ..."
References
Source/Photographer Museum Page (the image was stitched from tiles - for assembly method used see The Potato Eaters)
Other versions
  • 3,543 × 2,784 Vincent van Gogh Museum
    3,543 × 2,784
    Vincent van Gogh Museum
  • Framed
    Framed

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