Peach Tree in Blossom
The tree Van Gogh painted was just a frail little sapling. But filling the whole length and breadth of the canvas with it gives it something majestic. Van Gogh learned this technique of isolating, enlarging and foregrounding a single element of a landscape from Japanese woodcuts. He admired Japanese prints enormously and constantly tried to equal them in his paintings.
It was the height of spring. Van Gogh said that he had six paintings of ‘blossoming fruit trees’ on the go. He hoped paintings of this appealing subject would sell well.
Object data
F-number F0557
JH-number JH1397
Object number s0035V1962
Dimensions 50 cm x 37.5 cm, 67 cm x 55 cm
Provenance Sent by the artist from Arles to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, at the beginning of May 1888; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, on 10 July 1962 to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Exhibitions
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh & Japan, 24 March-24 June 2018
Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto), Van Gogh & Japan, 20 January-4 March 2018
Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Van Gogh & Japan, 24 October 2017-8 January 2018
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Van Gogh & Japan, 26 August-15 October 2017
Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, Japanomania pohjoismaisessa taiteessa 1875-1918, 18 February-15 May 2016
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Schiphol, Vincent van Gogh: de natuur van dichtbij / Vincent van Gogh: nature close-up, 9 April-7 July 2008, no. zonder nr.
Seoul, Seoul Museum of Art, Van Gogh. Voyage into the myth, 24 November 2007-16 March 2008
Krems an der Donau, Kunsthalle Krems, Japan. Meiji-Kunst der Sammlung Khalili und Japonismus von Van Gogh bis Schiele, 25 February-3 June 2007
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Goghs parkgezicht en andere werken uit de Noro Foundation, 28 October 2005-8 January 2006
Treviso, Casa dei Carraresi, L’oro e l’azzurro. I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, 11 October 2003-7 March 2004, no. 18
Kōbe, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Vincent & Theo van Gogh, 7 September-4 November 2002
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Vincent & Theo van Gogh, 5 July-25 August 2002
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Van Gogh’s Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 17 January-16 May 1999, no. 44
Washington, National Gallery of Art, Van Gogh’s Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 4 October 1998-3 January 1999, no. 44
Neuss, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Rainer Maria Rilke und die bildende Kunst seiner Zeit, 27 October 1996-12 January 1997
Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Vincent van Gogh and Japan, 4 April-24 May 1992
Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto), Vincent van Gogh and Japan, 18 February-29 March 1992
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam, 21 December 1971-10 April 1972, no. 78
Flushing (place), Stadhuis Vlissingen, Schilderijen uit het Stedelijk Museum te Amsterdam, 4 April-26 October 1969
Recklinghausen, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Zauber des Lichtes, 7 June-30 July 1967
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam besöker Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 26 December 1961-28 January 1962
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Stedelijk Museum besoger Louisiana, 28 October-3 December 1961
Antwerp, Zaal Comité voor Artistieke Werking, Vincent van Gogh, 7 May-19 June 1955
Middelburg, Kunstmuseum Middelburg, Van Gogh-tentoonstelling, 9 April-1 May 1949
Lyon, Musée de Lyon, Les grands courants de la peinture contemporaine, 16 June-26 September 1949, no. 126
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Vincent van Gogh. Collectie ir. V.W. van Gogh, 12 October 1948-10 January 1949
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh en zijn Nederlandse tijdgenoten, 25 June-30 September 1948
Copenhagen, Charlottenborg, Vincent van Gogh. Udstilling af malerier og tegninger, 22 June-14 July 1946
Malmö, Malmö Museum, Vincent van Gogh. Utställning anordnad till förmån för svenska hollandshjälpen, 29 May-16 June 1946
Gothenburg, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Vincent van Gogh. Utställning anordnad till förmån för svenska hollandshjälpen, 3-26 May 1946
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum (Stockholm), Vincent van Gogh. Utställning anordnad till förmån för svenska hollandshjälpen, 8 March-28 April 1946
Heerlen, Raadhuis Heerlen, Vincent van Gogh, 8-24 February 1946
Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, Vincent van Gogh, 12-28 January 1946
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh, 14 September-1 December 1945
Museum van den Bataviaschen Kunstkring, Tweede collectie Regnault, 22 January-September 1936
London, Leicester Galleries, Vincent van Gogh, June 1930
Bussum, Volksuniversiteit Naarden-Bussum, De Nederlandsche schilderkunst der laatste halve eeuw, April 1929, no. 30
The Hague, Gebouw Lange Voorhout 1, Werken van Vincent van Gogh, 4 July-1 September 1913
Amsterdam, Larensche Kunsthandel, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen van Vincent van Gogh, 16 June-14 August 1911
Rotterdam, Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Vincent van Gogh. Werken uit fransche tijd, 11 June-10 July 1910
Utrecht, Vereeniging Voor de Kunst, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door Vincent van Gogh, 9 September-2 October 1905
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh, 15 July-1 September 1905
Groningen, Museum van Oudheden, Vincent van Gogh, 21-26 February 1896
Birds on a Spring Tree
Birds on a Spring Tree was created by artist Jean Claude Kabongo in 2020. This art piece , which is part of the Jean Claude Kabongo portfolio, is a Paintings artwork. The style of this artwork is best described as Photorealism. The genre portrayed in this piece of art is Floral. The artwork was created in Acrylic. The size of the original art is 1500 (inches) H x 1500 (inches) W.
Words which artist Jean Claude Kabongo feels best describe this work of art are: art, painting, photorealism.
About Jean Claude Kabongo
The style of painter Jean Claude Kabongo has been influenced by the artworks of Impressionism.
He showed an interest for painting since he was a child. Jean Claude Kabongo began to submit works to competitions, going (as is often the case) unnoticed. His landscapes were not to the taste of the institutions. But at the age of 20 he finally gets his precious medal for a historical work.
Little by little he made his way through scholarships and awards and managed to travel to Rome and Paris. In Rome he was dazzled by classical and Renaissance art and in Paris, he got to know impressionist painting and saw the light.
He adapts this new language of young Parisians to his painting, but without neglecting the themes that he liked: manners, landscapes and seascapes. Soon, his artworks god recognized across the United States and Europe.
Like the Impressionists, Jean Claude Kabongo likes to work outdoors. He walked to the beach loaded with canvases and built a makeshift workshop with umbrellas and awnings to avoid the effect of direct light on the canvas.
Jean Claude Kabongo‘s works, stand out for their enormous freedom of brushstroke and the essential presence of light.
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