Flowering Almond Tree, 1888 Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

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We will add 1.6" (4 cm) additional blank canvas all over the painting for stretching.

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Based on the size, level of detail and complexity we need 8-9 weeks to complete the process.

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We not stretch and frame our oil paintings due to several reasons:
Painting reproduction is a high quality expensive product, which we cannot risk to damage by sending it being stretched.
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Vincent van Gogh’s “The Flowering Almond Tree,” 1888, is a quiet marvel, both modest and audacious. It’s a simple study of a blooming almond tree, but simplicity is where its genius lies. The tree itself stands front and center, an upright sliver of life, with its spindly branches shooting out like nervous gestures. The blossoms are scattered unevenly across the branches - delicate clusters of white and pale pink - standing in stark contrast against a muted, somewhat murky backdrop.

The colors here are soft but deliberate. Van Gogh isn’t aiming for realism in the traditional sense. Instead, he’s playing with perception - the tree is bathed in a greenish haze, as if the air itself is alive, vibrating with the hum of spring. The background fades from a loose, cool gray on the ground to a warm, yellow-green as you reach the middle of the painting. Then, at the top, you’re met with a forest or perhaps a row of trees, just hinted at, blurred as if seen from a distance.

The brushstrokes, typically Van Gogh, are thick and assertive. They pulse with a kind of movement, particularly in the ground beneath the tree. He doesn't smooth the paint; he lets it stand proud, creating texture that you can almost feel if you get close enough. But then there’s restraint too. The flowers, for instance, are rendered more delicately, with thinner, quicker strokes. This contrast between the thick and the fine gives the painting an unexpected tension, a sort of battle between control and chaos.

It’s not a scene of grandeur, but rather of something quietly transformative - the arrival of spring, that tender yet unshakable force. It’s as if Van Gogh has captured a moment that’s already slipping away, fragile and fleeting, just like the blossoms themselves.