Trees and Undergrowth
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, July 1887
oil on canvas, 46.2 cm x 55.2 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
In Paris, Van Gogh experimented with the Pointillist stippling technique. This woodland scene is a good example. He covered the entire canvas with small dots of paint. The result is a play of light and shadow on the ground between the trees. The strip of yellow in the middle suggests the sunlight of a clearing in the distance. Along with the tree trunk on the right, it brings depth to the scene.
Van Gogh drew strength from nature: 'Sometimes it's precisely those spots where one no longer feels anything of what's known as the civilized world ... sometimes it's precisely those spots that one needs to achieve calm.'
- F-number
- F0309a
- JH-number
- JH1312
- Object number
- s0066V1962
- Dimensions
- 46.2 cm x 55.2 cm, 61.5 cm x 71 cm, 6 cm
- Provenance
- Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, in the second half of July 1887; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; probably sold by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam to her brother Henri Bonger, Amsterdam, after 1905; after his death on 19 May 1929 inherited by his sister Betsy Bonger, Amsterdam; after her death on 17 January 1944 inherited by her nephew Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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