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"Cypresses with Two FIgures," Vincent van Gogh, 1889.
We all know about van Gogh...if you don't, go Google him. But here we have a row of cypress trees on a bright summer day, at the edge of a wheat field. Two female figures are walking underneath them. It's not easy to see, but the idea here is that the trees are being stirred by Provence's mistral wind.
This just screams "country" to me...the simplicity of the scene, just some trees on the border of a field (and you can see it's summer and harvest is coming) reminds me of my own rural childhood.
And it was probably an unseasonably chilly scene, too. The mistral is a cold wind that can blow any time of year, and usually at a sustained 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. Usually it brings cold, clear weather. I could use some of that right now...
From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands.
#Art #PostImpressionism #VincentVanGogh #Landscape #Mistral #Cypress #Provence
We all know about van Gogh...if you don't, go Google him. But here we have a row of cypress trees on a bright summer day, at the edge of a wheat field. Two female figures are walking underneath them. It's not easy to see, but the idea here is that the trees are being stirred by Provence's mistral wind.
This just screams "country" to me...the simplicity of the scene, just some trees on the border of a field (and you can see it's summer and harvest is coming) reminds me of my own rural childhood.
And it was probably an unseasonably chilly scene, too. The mistral is a cold wind that can blow any time of year, and usually at a sustained 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. Usually it brings cold, clear weather. I could use some of that right now...
From the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands.
#Art #PostImpressionism #VincentVanGogh #Landscape #Mistral #Cypress #Provence