Van Gogh and the Olive Groves

8 October 2021

Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy (detail; 1889), Vincent van Gogh. Photo: Hossein Sehatlou/Gothenburg Museum of Art

In the last year of his life, Van Gogh became enthralled by the olive groves around the asylum to which he had been admitted at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. His 15 oil paintings depicting these trees are among his most impassioned works: ten of these have been gathered from museums throughout Europe and the Americas in this display at the Dallas Museum of Art (17 October–6 February 2022). A collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (where it will travel next year), the exhibition is the first to focus on this important series. Find out more from the DMA’s website.

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The Olive Trees (1889), Vincent van Gogh.

The Olive Trees (1889), Vincent van Gogh. Photo: © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY

Olive Grove (1889), Vincent van Gogh.

Olive Grove (1889), Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

A Walk at Twilight (1889–90), Vincent van Gogh.

A Walk at Twilight (1889–90), Vincent van Gogh. Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand. Photo: João Musa

Olive Trees (1889), Vincent van Gogh,

Olive Trees (1889), Vincent van Gogh. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City

Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy (1889), Vincent van Gogh.

Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy (1889), Vincent van Gogh. Photo: Hossein Sehatlou/Gothenburg Museum of Art