White Orchard by Vincent Van Gogh Poster

White Orchard by Vincent Van Gogh, oil on canvas 1888, is a landscape painting of cultivated, blooming fruit trees planted in rows in an orchard in the French country beneath a pale sky. With a variety of brush strokes of thick and thin oil colors, Van Gogh applies the lessons of Impressionism to his own unique interpretation of nature, drawn with bold outlines and contrasting dark colors in the tree limbs and details. Van Gogh painted many such studies of blossoming fruit trees while living in Arles in the south of France. Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) was a Dutch painter of the Post-Impressionist movement known for bold, expressive drawing, swirling brushstrokes and intense, heightened colors. In early adulthood Van Gogh worked as an art dealer, teacher and pastor before taking up the full time study of drawing and painting in his late twenties. Influenced by Rembrandt, the 19th century Realists and Barbizon school, Van Gogh’s early paintings featured studies of workers and peasants in somber earth tones. Moving to France in 1886, Van Gogh met with the startling innovations of the Impressionist painters and began to apply their approach to color and subject matter, which continued into the mature style for which the artist is most renowned. Van Gogh produced many hundreds of drawings and paintings including portraits, landscapes, still life and flower paintings, and numerous self-portraits that became a dominating influence on the modern art of the 20th century and made him one of the most popular artists of all time.