In 1888, Van Gogh moved to the town of Arles in the south of France. He hoped to see bright, light-filled landscapes, which he admired and inspired to create new paintings. But the sunny weather had to wait. In February, unprecedented snowfalls were going on in Arles.
A few weeks the soil covered a half-meter layer of snow. Van Gogh tried to write in the open air, but because of the severe frost this seemed almost impossible. Most of the time he spent at home, painting still lifes and self-portraits.
But, despite the cold, the almonds have already blossomed, foreshadowing the rapid warming. Van Gogh painted a branch in a simple transparent glass. The main hero of this canvas, Van Gogh makes a bright light, falling from the window. Still cold winter sunbeams penetrate the glass of the glass and make gentle white lilies glow.
Long shadows of pure blue color fall on the table, written in yellow strokes. The gray background is animated by a bright red stripe, and Van Gogh’s broad signature in the upper left corner is also displayed in the same red. The composition resembles Japanese ikebans, but the manner of performance is far from Japanese art, it is close to Impressionism.
The still life is full of light and, he expresses the author’s light mood and the state of nature, revived in anticipation of the imminent spring.
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