The Significance of Olive Trees
Van Gogh was at Saint Remy asylum when he made this painting. He often took permission to venture out of the asylum walls and capture the surrounding countryside in his paintings.
Olive Trees were representative of the Provence in 1889 and he captured these well in the 18 paintings that he created in the Olive Tree Series. Van Gogh was often mesmerized by the rustle of the Olive Trees.
He often compared their cycles to an analogy of human life and found profound meaning in their existence. Painting these gave him relief from his illness and emotional turmoil that he often suffered during this period.
Size without frame: 74 x 93 cm / 29.1 x 36.6 inch
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