Small Pear Tree in Blossom
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Arles, April 1888
oil on canvas, 73.6 cm x 46.3 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
The gnarled trunk and branches of this small pear tree stand out against the light background. Van Gogh was captivated by the flowering fruit trees in Provence, so he made a whole series of paintings of trees in blossom.
Van Gogh was a great admirer of Japanese printmaking and drew inspiration from it. Japanese artists often took spring blossoms as their subject. But Van Gogh adopted more than just their subject matter. The composition of his painting also shows a Japanese influence, with the small tree in the foreground and the high viewpoint.
- F-number
- F0405
- JH-number
- JH1394
- Object number
- s0039V1962
- Dimensions
- 73.6 cm x 46.3 cm, 91.5 cm x 64 cm, 10 cm
- Provenance
- Sent by the artist from Arles to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, at the beginning of May 1888; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; 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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