Women Picking Olives
1889
Van Gogh painted this scene in 1889 while living in an asylum in Saint-Rémy, where he became fascinated by the twisting, gnarled shapes of olive trees. He saw the trees as a symbol of the cycle of life, and here, three women are shown harvesting the fruit against a sky that swirls with unusual pink and white strokes. It’s a perfect example of how he turned a mundane agricultural task into a vibrating, emotional landscape, capturing the heat and movement of the south of France.
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