Almond Blossom
1890 · Oil on canvas · Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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About this work
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
- Year
- 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 73.5 × 92 cm
- Collection
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
Branches of an almond tree in full white blossom fill the canvas against a clear turquoise sky, with no ground, trunk or horizon in view. Van Gogh painted it in February 1890 at Saint-Rémy to celebrate the birth of his nephew, Vincent Willem, the son of his brother Theo, and intended it to hang over the baby's bed. The almond is the first tree to flower in Provence, and he chose it as a sign of new life. The flat blue field, the dark outlines and the branches cut by the frame come directly from the Japanese prints he collected. It is one of his calmest and most carefully drawn late works. The painting stayed in the family and is now in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where it is among the most loved pictures in the collection.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Painted to hang over a baby's bed, and it still belongs in a nursery or bedroom, where the turquoise sky and white blossom are soft enough to sleep under. 24×18 in natural wood on a white or pale blue wall; it also calms a bathroom.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1890)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- blush pink
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, nursery, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
