''View of Arles, Flowering Orchards'' is a painting by
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
, executed in spring 1889, one of several paintings he produced in his
''Flowering Orchards'' series while living in
Arles
Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of ...
.
Description
It supplies a view across a canal and the poplars on its board towards the historical center of Arles, with the towers of
Saint-Trophime and College St Charles to the left, contrasted by recent building of the Caserne Calvin, housing the
Zouave Regiment, to the right.
Van Gogh was acquainted with several of the Zouave officers, painted one in native uniform, and his portrait of Lieutenant Milliet is known as The Lover.
Poplar trees still stand along the canal, today, but the orchards and the Caserne are gone.
Displays
Van Gogh incorporated this painting in
his selection of works to be displayed at
Les XX
''Les XX'' ( French; "''Les Vingt''"; ; ) was a group of twenty Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, formed in 1883 by the Brussels lawyer, publisher, and entrepreneur Octave Maus. For ten years, they held an annual exhibition of their ar ...
, in Bruxelles 1890.
References
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Paintings of Arles by Vincent van Gogh
1889 paintings
Collection of the Neue Pinakothek
Water in art
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