Almond Blossom Art Exhibition by Van Gogh Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm There is a poignancy to

There is a poignancy to this image — the Bachman's Warbler is among North America's most elusive and possibly extinct species — which gives the illustration the weight of both natural history and cultural memory

recomposed as bold graphic statement

atmospheric light

stripped of surrounding context and reassembled as pure design

The palette is deliberately sparse

Almond Blossom Art Exhibition by Van Gogh Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm There is a poignancy toPainted to celebrate the birth of his nephew, Almond Blossom shows Van Gogh at his most tender and deliberate. Branches cut across a wide, flat sky in bold, graphic arcs, a composition clearly shaped by his deep admiration for Japanese woodblock prints. The blossoms themselves are painted with a slow attentiveness rarely seen in his more turbulent canvases, each petal considered, each branch placed with intent. Joy expressed with complete control. As