The Flowering Orchard by Vincent Van Gogh

Basic Drawing I May, 2014 The Flowering Orchard by Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was a unique artist who worked with a sense of urgency which often caused him a great deal of stress. He was famed for his bold, dramatic brush strokes which expressed emotion and added a feeling of movement to his works. Its thought that he often used paint straight from the tube (impasto) and in the 70 days leading up to his death, he averaged one painting per day. Van Gogh is generally regarded as the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt despite the fact that he did not become famous until after his death. His influence on Expressionism, Fauvism and early abstraction, was remarkable and some of his paintings rank among the most expensive ever sold at auction. This essay will discuss a descriptive analysis, interpretation of his work, and his history briefly. Vincent van Gogh painted The Flowering Orchard in 1888. Well aware that time was short to paint the trees in flower van Gogh worked with a sense of urgency when creating this painting. Van Gogh wanted to capture the natural spectacle of the petals sparkling in the clear spring sun. The tones he chose were luminous and light, shades of pink, aqua, and green that marked a change from the rich, jewel-toned palette he developed in Paris. His immersion in plein air painting restored his sense of vitality, as well as his sense of purpose. This work is part of a series of orchards in bloom that Van Gogh worked on in Arles, and that he described in a letter to his brother Theo (published in The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh, 3 vols., Greenwich, Conn., 1958, vol. 2, pp. 54546, letter no. 477), illustrating his plans with a sketch of a vertical fruit tree flanked on either side by a horizontal orchard. The artist originally contemplated nine canvases, in sets of three, to be followed the next spring by a similar series of larger paintings. In such a scheme, this work, a vertical one, would have been one of the central canvases. Inspired by the light and vibrant colors of the Provenal spring, Van Gogh created 14 paintings of orchards in less than four weeks, painting outdoors and changing his style and technique. The composition of The Flowering Orchard is evidence of the influence of Japanese prints. This painting belongs to a series of fourteen blossoming orchards that Van Gogh painted in spring 1888, shortly after his arrival in Arles, the town in the south of France where he worked from February 1888 until May 1889. The present example, which includes a scythe and rake, is one of only two orchards that allude to human presence or labor. The motif and Van Goghs stylized treatment are related to Japanese prints. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) The Flowering Orchard is from the Post-impressionism stylistic period, and oil on canvas was the material used by Vincent van Gogh. This work is found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Its dimension is 53.30 cm x 72.40 cm. The lines and marks used in this painting could be described as a slow and thick. They are short and straight in the lower part, short and curved in the middle and upper part. There are contrast between dark and light, especially the dark brown branches of the tree contrasting with the light color of the sky, make ones eyes returning to this area. The relationship figure/ground could be described as 80 subject, 20 of space. The composition of this work is divided in two major areas, upper and lower. Half lower is totally dominated by greens and some short strokes of white. This is a very thick application of paint that he used to create texture and also a physical feeling to the work. There is a different scale used between the work giving the idea of how far are the subjects. He created the flowering orchard to be the largest object in the work to emphasize the main element of the image, and it can also be seen through the colors applied on it opposed to the light background. First looking at the work, it is clear that the tree is the subject. The underlying rhythm and pattern he used, many continues lines, creates an illusionistic style. The way he made the lines, color, space, mass and scale contributes to the composition. Often referred to as the Mad Artist, van Gogh is today regarded as one of the most popular Post-impressionist painters. Despite only selling one canvas during his lifetime, he is famous for his expressive and emotive use of vivid color and brisk application of impastoed paint. Van Goghs definite brush work and contoured forms have massively influenced Expressionism, Fauvism, and early abstraction as well as various other aspects of 20th-century art. Rodriguez PAGE MERGEFORMAT 1 Y, dXiJ(x(I_TS1EZBmU/xYy5g/GMGeD3Vqq8K)fw9 xrxwrTZaGy8IjbRcXI u3KGnD1NIBs
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