1888, Vincent van Gogh, Orchard with Apricot Trees in Blossom, Arles (detail) -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: This is one of a series of paintings of orchards that Van Gogh painted at Arles, in Provence. In the background the local gasworks is just visible on the right. We know from a letter to his brother Theo that the artist intended this particular work as the outer wing of a 'triptych' of blossoming trees. Recent research has shown that he probably designed the picture with the aid of a rudimentary perspective frame.
1888, Vincent van Gogh, Orchard with Apricot Trees in Blossom, Arles (detail) -- National Gallery of Scotland (Edinburgh)
From the museum label: This is one of a series of paintings of orchards that Van Gogh painted at Arles, in Provence. In the background the local gasworks is just visible on the right. We know from a letter to his brother Theo that the artist intended this particular work as the outer wing of a 'triptych' of blossoming trees. Recent research has shown that he probably designed the picture with the aid of a rudimentary perspective frame.