60
Tree Trunks in the Grass, 1890
Applying paint in calligraphic strokes reminiscent of his reed pen drawings, Van Gogh revels in the textures and colours of this view of flowering weeds growing among the trees in the garden at Saint-Rémy. In contrast to the sadness and suffering he aimed to convey in depictions of the hospital grounds the previous autumn, his paintings of the garden in spring 1890 suggest joy and hope.
Oil on canvas
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands