Vincent van Gogh painted at least 15 paintings of olive trees
Van Gogh painted nature, the major subject, like Masaccio, was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, hosting a small didactic show called Van Gogh and the Hague School. Vincent van Gogh painted at least 15 paintings of olive trees, mostly in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1889. Orange Sky. Apart from orange, Van Gogh has used different colors such as yellow, green, blue, and white with diagonal brush strokes. It contrasts very well with the deep green of the olive trees that stand out against the background. In the blazing heat of this Mediterranean afternoon, nothing rests. Against a ground scored as if by some invisible torrent, intense green olive trees twist and crimp, capped by the rolling, dwindling hillocks of the distant Alps, beneath a light-washed sky with a bundled, ectoplasmic cloud. Van Gogh's letters make it clear that he created this particular intense vista of the southern French landscape as a daylight partner to the visionary no...