Aug 1, 2014 · «Vincent van Gogh painted a series of cypress trees during his stay in an asylum in Saint-Remy, France, but one work in particular—Cypresses—has always stood out to me.» The colors catch my eye at first glance: deep-green cypresses with accents of yellow and light green, mustard-yellow grass around the trees, and dots of white that depict ...

Wheat Field With Cypresses, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh Although restless beyond measure, with few straight lines, this landscape is one of the most classic in conception among Van Gogh's works. It is build up in great bands that traverse the entire space.

Van Gogh’s Cypresses is the first exhibition to focus on the trees—among the most famous in the history of art—immortalized in signature images by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890).

One of two close-up views of the "very tall and massive" trees in a vertical format (the other is in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo), Cypresses was shown in the 1890 Salon des Indépendants. Behind the scenes at The Met.

Cypresses is a late 19th-century painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted around June 1889. [1] Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a pair of cypress trees in the French countryside. The work is currently on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [2]

He painted the trees with swirling brushstrokes in various shades of green and black, with an occasional touch of red for contrast. The colour of the trees was challenging – in a letter to his brother, Van Gogh called it 'that difficult shade of bottle green'.

May 11, 2023 · It might seem logical that Vincent van Gogh, the most famous depressive in all of art, adopted the Mediterranean cypress tree as a motif. The tall, tapered, cone-shaped evergreen has...

When he finally did go outside in June, he decided to paint characteristic Provençal subjects, such as the Alpilles, the olive trees and the omnipresent cypress trees. In late June 1889, he wrote to his brother Theo that he was busy painting cypresses.

Jun 15, 2023 · This exhibition showcases Van Gogh’s exploration of cypress trees as a subject and considers what they might have meant to the artist.

Jun 5, 2023 · In the painting “Cypresses,” the trees take up half of the canvas, and every non-tree part—clouds, a field, the moon—seems to emanate from their depths.