{"product_id":"almond-blossom-1890-vincent-van-gogh-fine-art-print","title":"Almond Blossom (1890)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"presh-product\" data-theme=\"van-gogh-almond-blossom-1890\" data-presh-undeniable=\"1\" style=\"--accent:#2f6f78;--accent-2:#d9a6a0;--ground:#f3f1ea;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"lede\"\u003eWhite blossom on twisting branches against a blue sky. Vincent van Gogh, \u003cem\u003eAlmond Blossom\u003c\/em\u003e, Saint-Rémy, February 1890, painted to welcome his newborn nephew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"look\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to look at it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart at the thick branch rising from the bottom edge, then follow it as it splits and thins toward the top. Look for the buds that are still closed beside the flowers that are fully open, and the faint pink at the heart of some petals. There is no ground and no horizon, only branches and sky, as if you were lying under the tree looking up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"why\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy this one\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA painting made for a baby.\u003c\/strong\u003e On 31 January 1890 his brother Theo had a son and named him Vincent. Van Gogh started this canvas straight away, as a gift for the child, meant, he told his mother, \"to hang in their bedroom\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpring as a new beginning.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Van Gogh Museum reads the blossoming tree as a sign of new life. Van Gogh himself called it \"perhaps the most patiently worked, best thing I had done.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearned from Japanese prints.\u003c\/strong\u003e The bold outlines, the close-up view from below and the branches cut off by the edges come from Japanese printmaking, says the Van Gogh Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNever sold.\u003c\/strong\u003e The family never sold it. The nephew it was painted for later founded the museum in Amsterdam where it hangs today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"field\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThis canvas\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on canvas, 73.3 × 92.4 cm (28⅞ × 36⅜ in), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, February 1890. The canvas hangs in Amsterdam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"dossier\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"presh-dossier\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFact gap.\u003c\/strong\u003e Van Gogh painted this for his newborn nephew's bedroom, but Theo and Jo hung it above their piano, and right after finishing it he fell ill for two months. \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/van-gogh-almond-blossom-painted-for-a-baby-hung-over-a-piano\"\u003eSee what the record says\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"sizes\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSizes vs the original\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"sz\"\u003e10×8\u003c\/span\u003e a shelf or nursery piece, a small window of spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"sz\"\u003e20×16\u003c\/span\u003e a little over half the real canvas, the branches read from across a room\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"sz\"\u003e30×24\u003c\/span\u003e about four fifths of its true size (36⅜×28⅞), a sky full of blossom over a bed or sofa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"paper\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePaper \u0026amp; ship\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchival matte fine art paper, no bleed, 5:4 landscape proportion, within about one percent of the canvas. Printed from the public domain photograph of the painting without remastering the color. Made to order, rolled in a tube. A pale oak or soft white frame both suit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"presh-block\" data-block=\"faq\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuick answers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho was it painted for?\u003c\/strong\u003e For his nephew, Vincent Willem van Gogh, the son of his brother Theo, born in January 1890.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it a good gift for a new baby?\u003c\/strong\u003e It was painted as exactly that. Theo and Jo first hung it above their piano, and later it hung in the bedroom Jo shared with her son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this an original painting?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. It is an archival reproduction of the 1890 canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qa\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the image public domain?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. Van Gogh died in 1890, and the photograph we print from is a faithful public domain reproduction. No museum endorses this shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"credit\"\u003eVincent van Gogh · Almond Blossom, 1890 · Image: public domain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Presh","offers":[{"title":"10×8 in","offer_id":49943615897755,"sku":"PRESH-PD-VANGOGH-ALMOND1890-10X8","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20×16 in","offer_id":49943615930523,"sku":"PRESH-PD-VANGOGH-ALMOND1890-20X16","price":118.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30×24 in","offer_id":49943615963291,"sku":"PRESH-PD-VANGOGH-ALMOND1890-30X24","price":168.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/0085\/3915\/files\/3840px-Amandelbloesem_-_s0176V1962_-_Van_Gogh_Museum.jpg?v=1793080118","url":"https:\/\/heypresh.com\/products\/almond-blossom-1890-vincent-van-gogh-fine-art-print","provider":"Presh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}