Hand-painted in oil
About this Artwork
A tree named once
The record dates Mulberry Tree to 1889. The mulberry is named in one title out of 610, while trees in general are named in forty-six, of which sixteen are dated 1889 and sixteen dated 1888. The general noun is everywhere in the last three years; the particular species almost never appears.
What the record gives
The canvas measures 54 by 65 centimetres and is held by the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, one of three works there in this catalogue, dated 1885, 1888 and 1889. The measured palette reads as ochre and yellow.
Ochre, level with its peak
Ochre dominates twenty-one of the 116 works dated 1889, matching 1887's twenty-one as the family's highest count in any single year. Since no works dated 1883 and no dated 1884 return it at all, the family goes from complete absence to its maximum between 1884 and 1889. Sequences like that are the reason this site sorts by period; the same works sorted by subject would put this tree beside orchards from three different years and make the movement invisible. Nothing about the site of the tree is recorded, so nothing is said.
Sources
9 references- Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] ; 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he c
- The Mulberry Tree — Wikidata
description: painting by Vincent van Gogh; inception: 1889-10-01; dimensions: 54 × 65 cm; collection: Norton Simon Museum
- vggallery.com — record for "The Mulberry Tree"
Primary source record for this work (vggallery.com).
- nortonsimon.org — record for "The Mulberry Tree"
Primary source record for this work (nortonsimon.org).
- The Mulberry Tree (Van Gogh) — Wikipedia
The Mulberry Tree is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch artist. The painting was created in October 1889. The Mulberry Tree is one of several hundred paintings from a series of paintings that van Gogh painted during this time at t
- worldcat.org — reference for "The Mulberry Tree (Van Gogh)"
Authoritative source for this work (worldcat.org).
- search.worldcat.org — reference for "The Mulberry Tree (Van Gogh)"
Authoritative source for this work (search.worldcat.org).
- metmuseum.org — reference for "The Mulberry Tree (Van Gogh)"
Authoritative source for this work (metmuseum.org).
- The Mulberry Tree by Vincent van Gogh — Wikimedia Commons
High-resolution image of the work, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
