Description
Painted in November of 1889 as part of Vincent Van Gogh’s world-famous Olive Trees Series, Olive Trees with Yellow Sun and Sky is one of the artist’s most recognizable works. It was completed while van Gogh was a patient at an asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, which was surrounded by many olive trees, cypresses and wheat fields. This 100 percent authentic, hand-painted reproduction of Olive Trees with Yellow Sun and Sky perfectly captures the artist’s original intent: to pay tribute to the cycle of life and the divine through studies on light and the changing of the seasons. The work is particularly significant because it captures the series during the fall, when vibrant oranges and yellows are prominent. However, art scholars have noted that the painting is actually out of sync with time and season, as its depictions of sun and shadow are not at all aligned. The original work is now permanently housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
