July 20, 2012

Trees




I have only ever seen photographs of Piet Mondrian’s The Red Tree.  While this Dutch artist is most famous for his red, yellow, and blue grid compositions, I wanted to share this very lovely work that I hope to see in the Netherlands sometime soon.  Another Dutch artist less known for his tree paintings is Vincent van Gogh.  His painting The Starry Night is undoubtedly a masterpiece, but I think van Gogh’s trees are equally interesting and absolutely beautiful.  The link below allows you to see individual brush strokes on some of van Gogh’s tree paintings.  This is a great feature that a lot of museums are starting to share, still there is nothing like seeing a work of art in person!

van Gogh Museum’s excellent zoom features (click show enlargement)-

Mondrian restoration project at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag-

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