The Flowering Orchard
1888
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 1/2 x 21 in. (72.4 x 53.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ittleson Jr. Purchase Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
Vincent van Gogh painted *The Flowering Orchard* in 1888 during his stay in Arles, in southern France. This oil on canvas captures the delicate beauty of fruit trees in bloom, reflecting the artist’s deep fascination with nature’s cycles and the vibrant Provençal landscape. Created during a highly productive period, the work belongs to a series of orchard scenes that Van Gogh completed in the spring of that year. As a leading figure of Post-Impressionism, Van Gogh used bold, expressive brushwork and luminous color to convey emotion rather than strict realism. The medium of oil on canvas allow...
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...