Almond Branches in Bloom San Remy C 1890 art Reproduction by Gogh Vincent Van 18531890

Blossoming Almond Tree is 1 of Vincent van Gogh'southward all-time known paintings and is noteworthy in that both Van Gogh and his closest family held the work in loftier regard. This painting is i of a pocket-sized handful that Van Gogh produced with a particular person in listen--in this case, his brother and sister-in-law's newborn babe. Van Gogh was securely moved when Theo and Johanna chose to name the child Vincent and he always harboured a great deal of affection for the child. Van Gogh painted Blossoming Almond Tree to honour his namesake and it remains a tour-de-force, both the product of Vincent'south fondness for his nephew as well every bit the Japanese art which he then greatly admired.

Japanese Influences

Vincent van Gogh mentions Japan more than a hundred times in dozens of his letters to friends and family. Interest in Japanese art and culture was quite popular in Europe in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Edmond de Goncourt and Emile Zola, 2 writers that Van Gogh greatly admired, wrote extensively about Japan. Vincent, a devotee of both literature and fine art, would develop a deep admiration for Japanese civilisation via both of these media. Vincent was as well a bully gentleman of the work of some other writer, Pierre Loti, whose book Madame Chrysanth�me, was highly influential in firing Van Gogh'due south imagination for Japanese traditions.

During the course of his career, Vincent would copy three Japanese paintings and several others were deeply influenced by his admiration for Japanese art (this self-portrait, for case). In 1888 Vincent wrote to Theo "About this staying on in the South, even if it is more than expensive, consider: we like Japanese painting, we have felt its influence, all the impressionists take that in common; then why not go to Japan, that is to say to the equivalent of Nihon, the South?" (Letter of the alphabet 500).

Blossoming Almond Tree has clear Japanese influences and may take been inspired past one of the more than 400 wood block prints in the collection of Vincent and Theo (now with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam): specifically Iii Beauties (right) by ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865).

Farther on the influence of Japanese art on Van Gogh'southward paintings and drawings:

. . . Van Gogh'due south works of his Saint-R�my and Auvers menses still show some traces of Japanese influence. In his 'Decease's-head moth', 'Collywobbles and poppies' and 'Hyacinth', for example, Van Gogh depicted small-scale plants and insects. Both the subjects and the asymmetrical shut-ups are very similar to Japanese kach� (flowers and birds) pictures, which Van Gogh had seen on various occasions. In Arles Van Gogh had written nigh the reproductions in Bing's Le Japon Artistique: 'I recollect the cartoon of the blade of grass and the carnations and the Hokusai in Bing's reproductions are beauteous' [542]. 'Death'southward-head moth', 'Butterflies and poppies', 'Hyacinth' and other works of similar subject and composition not merely show the mere pictorial influence of Japanese art, but besides reveal Van Gogh'south sympathy for the Japanese 'who live in nature as though they themselves were flowers' [542].

Without his sympathy for the Japanese every bit 'naturalists' and the inspiration from the kach� pictures, Van Gogh could perchance not have painted such monumental belatedly works equally the 'Irises', 'Branches of an almond tree in blossom', 'Roots and tree-trunks' and 'Ears of wheat'.ⁱ

Mentioned in Messages

Vincent van Gogh frequently wrote to Theo and other artists about his ongoing projects. These messages give us a unique insight into Van Gogh'due south art works and progress as an artist. Blossoming Almond Tree is unique among his works in that he wrote about information technology non but to Theo and his sister, Willemina, but also to his mother. In addition, Theo's wife, Johanna, wrote to Vincent about Blossoming Almond Tree, clearly showing that the painting was not only well presented by Vincent, but also very well received by Theo and Johanna in Paris. As Vincent's final days approached, Blossoming Almond Tree, a delicate study of hope and renewed life, would stand up every bit an ironic straw of the tragic summer that loomed ahead.

• I started right abroad to make a pic for [Theo's son], to hang in their bedroom, large branches of white almond blossom against a bluish sky.

  Letter 627
  Vincent to his mother
  St. R�my, c. twenty February 1890

• My piece of work was going well, the last sail of branches in blossom--you will see that information technology was perhaps the best, the about patiently worked thing I had washed, painted with calm and with a greater compactness of touch. And the next twenty-four hour period, down like a brute. Difficult to understand, things similar that, but alas! it's similar that.

  Letter 628
  Vincent to Theo
  St. R�my, 15 April 1890

• I felt ill at the fourth dimension I was doing the almond blossoms. If I had been able to go along working, y'all tin can judge from it that I would have washed others of trees in blossom. Now the trees in blossom are nigh over, actually I take no luck.

  Letter 629
  Vincent to Theo
  St. R�my, 30 April 1890

• I brought forth a relatively large picture for Theo'due south and Jo's little boy--which they hung over the piano--white almond blossoms--large branches against a sky-blue background . . . .

  Letter W22
  Vincent to his sister, Wil
  Auvers-sur-Oise, v June 1890

• What he does exercise is await at Uncle Vincent'due south pictures with a good bargain of interest--the tree in flower especially, which is hanging over his bed, seems to enthrall him.

  Letter T30
  Johanna van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent
  Paris, 29 March 1890

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Footnotes

1. Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, Willem van Gulik, Keiko van Bremen-Ito (eds.), Japanese Prints Catalogue of the Van Gogh Museum Collection (Waanders, 2006--revised edition), pp. xl-41.

Year Urban center Country Venue Exhibition Proper noun Beginning Appointment Stop Date No. 1892 The Hague Netherlands Haagsche Kunstkring (Buitenhof) Werken van Vincent van Gogh 16 May 1892 6 June 1892 45 1905 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh 15 July 1905 1 Baronial 1905 99 1914 Antwerp Belgium Zaal Comit� voor Artistieke Werking L'art contemporain. Salon 1914 / Kunst van Heden, Tentoonstelling 1914 7 March 1914 five April 1914
1914 Berlin (1) Germany Paul Cassirer Vincent van Gogh 30 G�rz 1853-29 July 1890. Zehnte Ausstellung 1 June 1914 5 July 1914 125 1915 Amsterdam Netherlands Gebouw van het Genootschap van kunstenaren Moderne Kunstkring Vincent van Gogh, werken van genooten. schilderijen, teekeningen en beeldhouwwerien 26 September 1915 30 November 1915 15 1930 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten 6 September 1930 two Nov 1930 93 1945 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh fourteen September 1945 one December 1945 --- 1953 The Hague Netherlands Haags Gemeentemuseum Vincent van Gogh 1853-1953 30 March 1953 17 May 1953 168 1953 Otterlo Netherlands Kr�ller-M�ller Museum Eeuwfeest Vincent van Gogh 1853-1953 24 May 1953 19 July 1953 168 1953 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Eeuwfeest Vincent van Gogh 23 July 1953 20 September 1953 168 1953 Saint Louis United states Urban center Art Museum of Saint Louis Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 17 October 1953 xiii December 1953 143 1954 Toledo United states Toledo Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 7 March 1953 30 April 1953 143 1954 Philadelphia United States Philadelphia Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 2 January 1954 28 February 1954 143 1955 Antwerp (ane) Kingdom of belgium Feestzaal Vincent van Gogh 7 May 1955 nineteen June 1955 309 1958 San Francisco U.s. K.H. de Immature Memorial Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings half dozen October 1958 30 November 1958 64 1958-59 Los Angeles Us Los Angeles County Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings ten December 1958 xviii Jan 1959 64 1959 Portland United States Portland Art Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 28 Jan 1959 ane March 1959 64 1959 Seattle United States Seattle Fine art Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 7 March 1959 19 April 1959 64 1960 Montreal Canada Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Canada Collects: European Painting 1860-1960 vi Oct 1960 6 November 1960 lxx 1960 Ottawa Canada National Gallery of Canada Canada Collects: European Painting 1860-1960 17 November 1960 18 Dec 1960 seventy 1960-61 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 29 December 1960 31 Jan 1961 lxx 1961 Toronto Canada Fine art Gallery of Toronto Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 10 February 1961 12 March 1961 70 1961 Baltimore U.s. Baltimore Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 18 October 1961 26 Nov 1961 60 1961-62 Cleveland The states Cleveland Museum of Fine art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 5 Dec 1961 14 January 1962 threescore 1962 Buffalo United States Albright Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings xxx Jan 1962 11 March 1962 60 1962 Boston United States Museum of Fine Arts Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 22 March 1962 29 Apr 1962 threescore 1963 Humlebaek Denmark Louisiana Vincent van Gogh. Malerier og Tegninger 24 Oct 1963 15 December 1963 45 1964 Washington, D.C. U.s.a. Washington Gallery of Modern Fine art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 2 February 1964 19 March 1964 45 1964 New York (4) Usa Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 2 April 1964 28 June 1964 45 1965 Charleroi Belgium Palais des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh. Schilderijen, Aquarellen, Tekeningen 19 January 1965 28 March 1965 32 1965 Ghent Belgium Museum voor Schone Kunsten Vincent van Gogh. Schilderijen, Aquarellen, Tekeningen nineteen February 1965 21 March 1965 32 1965 Stockholm Sweden Moderna Museet Vincent van Gogh. M�lningar, Akvareller, Teckningar 23 October 1965 nineteen Dec 1965 51 1965-66 Gothenburg Sweden G�teborgs Konstmuseum Vincent van Gogh. M�lningar, Akvareller, Teckningar 30 Dec 1965 twenty February 1966 51 1967 Wolfsburg Germany Stadhalle Wolfsburg Vincent van Gogh. Gem�lde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen 18 February 1967 2 April 1967 65 1968-69 London United Kingdom Hayward Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam 23 Oct 1968 12 Jan 1969 178 1970 Baltimore United states of america Baltimore Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 11 October 1970 29 Nov 1970 60 1970-71 San Francisco The states One thousand.H. de Young Memorial Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 11 December 1970 31 January 1971 60 1971 Brooklyn U.s.a. Brooklyn Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 14 Feb 1971 iv April 1971 60 1973 Bern Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Mus�due east National Vincent van Gogh � Amsterdam 25 January 1973 15 April 1973 forty 1986-87 New York United states Metropolitan Museum of Art Van Gogh in Saint-R�my and Auvers 12 November 1986 22 March 1987 49 1990 Amsterdam Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Vincent van Gogh. Schilderijen 30 March 1990 29 July 1990 114 1997 Tokyo Japan Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh and His Time. Iv Seasons from the Vincent van Gogh Museum and the H.Westward. Mesdag Museum 12 September 1997 11 Nov 1997
1998-99 Washington, D.C. U.s.a. National Gallery of Fine art Van Gogh's Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 4 Oct 1998 3 January 1999 66 1999 Los Angeles United States Los Angeles Canton Museum of Art Van Gogh's Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 17 January 1999 xvi May 1999 66 1999 Amsterdam (1) Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Theo Van Gogh: Fine art Dealer, Collector, Vincent's Brother 24 June 1999 v September 1999
1999-2000 Paris France Mus�due east d'Orsay Theo Van Gogh: Art Dealer, Collector, Vincent's Blood brother 29 September 1999 9 Jan 2000

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