Olivar, Saint-Rémy
1889
Van Gogh painted this vibrant olive grove during his stay at the asylum in Saint-Rémy in 1889, creating a whole series of them to capture the changing light. Fascinated by the gnarled trees, he used swirling, rhythmic brushstrokes to make the reddish earth and yellow-green sky feel almost alive, vibrating with his signature energy. He wrote to his brother Theo that the olive trees were 'so characteristically French' and found them incredibly difficult to paint, constantly battling to capture their true essence.
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