Keywords: Vincent van Gogh - Almond Blossom - VGM F671.jpg Artwork Creator Vincent van Gogh 1890 begun between 1 February and 20 February completed before 29 April oil canvas Size cm 73 92 Institution Van Gogh Museum cite book Naifeh Steven; Smith Gregory White Van Gogh The Life http //vangoghbiography com/NotesIntroduction 978-1846680106 Profile Books 2011 object history Mrs J van Gogh-Bonger Amsterdam V W van Gogh Laren Vincent van Gogh Museum exhibition history First exhibited Werken van Vincent van Gogh Haggsche Kunstring Buitenhof The Hague 16 May - 6 June 1892 89 nrs 45 credit line <gallery> Vincent van Gogh - Almond blossom - Google Art Project jpg 3 139 × 2 480<br>Google Art Project WLANL - Pachango - Amandelbloesem Vincent van Gogh 1890 jpg Framed </gallery> http //www vangoghmuseum nl/vgm/index jsp page 3128 collection 625 lang en Museum Page the image was stitched from tiles - for assembly method used see The Potato Eaters Van Gogh catalogues 671 1891 Almond Blossoms The painting was made to celebrate the birth of Vincent's nephew and namesake http //www vangoghmuseum nl/vgm/index jsp lang en page 44408 Vincent Willem van Gogh 1890-1978 It can be dated exactly from the letters as begun between 1 February and 20 February and completed before 29 April when he delivered the painting to his brother Theo This period coincided with the period of his worst collapse when for a period of more than a month he was struck down like a brute unable to work or even to write letters Hulsker describes the painting as unique in Vincent's ouevre both for its subject and composition p 439 http //vangoghletters org/vg/search/advanced originaltext original translation translation annotations notes essays essays bibliography bibliography other other term person_terms person_code literature_terms literature_code workofart_terms workofart_code sketch_terms sketch_code bibleref_terms bibleref_code f_number 671 jh_number periodical from 1 to 1 id_range id_type jlb_id date_from 1872-09-29 date_until 1890-07-31 period correspondent_name correspondent_id place_name place_id order date search2 x 18 search2 y 5 Letters cite web Letter 855 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Wednesday 19 February 1890 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let855/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1r 1 I ™d much rather that he ™d called his boy after Pa whom I ™ve thought about so often these days than after me but anyway as it ™s been done now I started right away to make a painting for him to hang in their bedroom Large branches of white almond blossom against a blue sky cite web Letter 856 To Willemien van Gogh Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Wednesday 19 February 1890 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let856/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1r 1 But anyway the result is that the child ™s here “ and as I wrote to his grandmother I ™ve started painting for him these last few days “ a large sky-blue canvas against which branches covered in blossoms stand out Possible that I may see him soon “ I hope so at least “ towards the end of March I ™m going to try to go to Arles once more tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to see if I can bear the journey and ordinary life without the attacks recurring cite web Letter 857 To Theo van Gogh Saint-Rémy-de-Provence on or about Monday 17 March 1890 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let857/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1v 2 Work was going well the last canvas of the branches in blossom you ™ll see that it was perhaps the most patiently worked best thing I had done painted with calm and a greater sureness of touch And the next day done for like a brute Et le lendemain fichu comme une brute cite web Letter 863 To Theo van Gogh Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Tuesday 29 April 1890 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let863/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1v 3 I fell ill at the time I was doing the almond-tree blossoms If I ™d been able to continue working you can judge from that that I would have done others of the trees in blossom Now the trees in blossom are almost finished really I have no luck cite web Letter 867 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh Paris Saturday 3 May 1890 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let867/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1r 1 the branch of the almond trees in blossom shows that you haven ™t exhausted these subjects You may have missed the season of the blossoming trees this year but let ™s hope that that won ™t be the case next time cite web Letter 879 To Willemien van Gogh Auvers-sur-Oise Thursday 5 June 1890 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let879/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1v 3 For Theo and Jo ™s little one I brought back a rather large painting ” which they ™ve hung above the piano “ white almond blossoms “ big branches on a sky-blue background PD-old-100 accession number Inv nr F671 Uploaded with UploadWizard Blossoming Almond Tree by Vincent van Gogh |