Van Gogh: Les Oliviers, Nov 1889

Van Gogh, Les Oliviers
(Olive Trees)
oil on canvas, Nov 1889
National Galleries of Scotland
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The writhing brushwork and strident colors contribute to the painting's powerful impact. Van Gogh was fascinated by the gnarled structures and changing colors of olive trees. He was also fully aware of their association with the story of Christ's Passion and the episode of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. This picture is one of at least fourteen canvases of olive trees Van Gogh painted while in the asylum at Saint-Remy, and its intense character may well reflect the artist's agitated state of mind.

(http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/V/3440/artist_name/Vincent%20van%20Gogh/record_id/2449)

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