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Van Gogh landscape detail from Peach Trees in Blossom, Courtauld's Gallery, London
Details from Courtauld's Gallery, Somerset House, London 18 November 2018. Great art and not so many people you can't get close. A favourite gallery.
'About this work
This is van Gogh’s last view of a plain outside Arles that he often painted since settling in the south of France in 1888. He wrote to the painter Paul Signac ‘everything is small there ... even the mountains, as in certain Japanese landscapes, which is the reason why the subject attracted me.’ The snow-capped peak on the right (a deliberate echo of Mount Fuji in Japan) and blossoming trees create a peaceful atmosphere.'
For more see:- www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/d0f72cdd.html
Van Gogh landscape detail from Peach Trees in Blossom, Courtauld's Gallery, London
Details from Courtauld's Gallery, Somerset House, London 18 November 2018. Great art and not so many people you can't get close. A favourite gallery.
'About this work
This is van Gogh’s last view of a plain outside Arles that he often painted since settling in the south of France in 1888. He wrote to the painter Paul Signac ‘everything is small there ... even the mountains, as in certain Japanese landscapes, which is the reason why the subject attracted me.’ The snow-capped peak on the right (a deliberate echo of Mount Fuji in Japan) and blossoming trees create a peaceful atmosphere.'
For more see:- www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/d0f72cdd.html