Oleanders 1888 Vincent van Gogh Dutch For Van Gogh, oleanders were joyous, life-affirming flowers that bloomed "inexhaustibly" and were always "putting out strong new shoots." In this painting of August 1888 the flowers fill a majolica jug that the artist used for other still lifes made in Arles. They are symbolically juxtaposed with Émile Zola's La joie de vivre, a novel that Van Gogh had placed in contrast to an open Bible in a Nuenen still life of 1885. Buy a print Custom framed to suit your space. Oleanders 436530

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Size: 3811px × 3130px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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