Almond Branches in Bloom - Painting by Vincent van Gogh - Click to enlarge
The Almond Branches in Blossom is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh which was executed in Saint Remy during 1890, the year of Vincent’s death. Almond branches in blossom was painted as oil on canvas, having the dimensions of 73.5 cm × 92 cm and is today exhibited in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Almond Branches in Blossom was a gift that Vincent made to his brother Theo Van Gogh and his wife Johanna Bonger for the birth of their son, named Vincent Willem; Vincent’s nephew.
The work itself is a representation of a branch of almond flowers, white petals, almost pearlescent, which silhouette against a blue sky with turquoise shades. Van Gogh chose the branches of the almond tree as a symbol of life, since the almond tree is one of the earliest flowering trees, which uses (at least in the sunny south) already in February the upcoming spring.
