https://facebook/VincentvanGogh.MiaFeigelson.Gallery It was the end of September 1889. Vincent had been staying in the asylum for almost five months and in June he had started with his Series of Olive Trees. I love the way he described these trees to Theo in the following letter. Letter from Vincent to Theo. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. September 28, 1889 ...On the other hand the olive trees are very characteristic, and I’m struggling to capture that. It’s silver, sometimes more blue, sometimes greenish, bronzed, whitening on ground that is yellow, pink, purplish or orangeish to dull red ochre. But very difficult, very difficult. But that suits me and attracts me to work fully in gold or silver. And one day perhaps I’ll do a personal impression of it, the way the sunflowers are for yellows (he referred to the five paintings of Sunflowers he had made in Arles) If only I’d had some of them this autumn. But this half-freedom often prevents one from doing what one nevertheless feels able to do. Patience, however, you’ll tell me, and it’s indeed necessary. vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let806/letter.html #vangogh #olivetrees #vangoghtheletters
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