Blossoming Green'
The painting Almond Blossom was a gift for his brother Theo and sister-in-law Jo, who had just had a baby son, Vincent Willem. Almond trees flower early in the spring making them a symbol of new life. Van Gogh borrowed the subject, the bold outlines and the positioning of the tree in the picture plane from Japanese printmaking.
Blossoming Green'
The painting Almond Blossom was a gift for his brother Theo and sister-in-law Jo, who had just had a baby son, Vincent Willem. Almond trees flower early in the spring making them a symbol of new life. Van Gogh borrowed the subject, the bold outlines and the positioning of the tree in the picture plane from Japanese printmaking.
