Olijfbomen (1889) 2
1889
Painted during his stay at an asylum in Saint-Rémy in 1889, this vibrant Post-Impressionist landscape captures the twisted, gnarled trunks of olive trees against a sky alive with swirling, dotted clouds. Van Gogh was obsessed with these trees, seeing them as a symbol of life's cyclical nature, and he used thick, energetic brushstrokes to make the purple and yellow earth practically vibrate beneath them. He created over a dozen versions of this scene, trying to capture the ever-changing Mediterranean light that he found so mesmerizing.
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