olive trees van series painted paintings olive trees request lived asylum painting gardens asylum permission venture outside walls nearby olive trees wheat fields painting mountainous landscape complement night olive tree paintings special significance group represented life divine cycle life november arose attempt symbolize feelings christ paintings olive demonstrate relationship man nature depicting cycles life harvesting death example individuals interaction nature connect divine found respite relief interaction nature series olive tree paintings van subject illness emotional turmoil paintings finest works saint voluntarily entered asylum near saint access adjacent cell studio initially confined immediate asylum grounds painted window bars world saw room ivy covered trees garden ventured outside asylum walls painted wheat fields olive trees surrounding countryside saw characteristic course year painted imposed asylum life gave hard won stability feel work outside staying good long time shall learned regular habits long run result order life time saint forced manage coffee alcohol poor eating habits periodic attempts consume paint stay ideal needed obtain permission leave asylum grounds food poor generally ate bread soup apparent form treatment hour twice week year periodic attacks possibly form early attacks worsened concluded stay asylum helping recover led sur north paris olive trees subject painting countryside surrounding fields trees olive trees restored connection nature art completed paintings olive trees southern france wrote effect daylight sky means endless subjects found olive trees look contrasting effects foliage changes tones sky times tree pale big blue flies fruit beetles great numbers fly immersed pure blue foliage takes mature tones sky green orange autumn leaves violet tones color violet effect fully contrast large sun pale halo light lemon shower seen sky pink orange gave exquisite value coloring gray women pink gathering fruit found olive trees representative demanding compelling wrote brother struggling catch olive trees old silver blue greenish fading white soil yellow pink violet orange difficult found olive grove secret immensely old beautiful dare paint able imagine spiritual significance young man interested pursuing ministry serve working people studied time netherlands zeal self imposed cost short term position lay ministry somewhat rejected church establishment found personal spirituality important shift direction life found express love god man painting painted nature major subject works months life bring relief illnesses emotional distress prior period rejected perceived narrow religion parents took stance unlike religion god trees olive fields found profound meaning saw cycles analogy human life wrote death happiness necessary useful relative declaring faced illness breaks belief autumn work somewhat reaction recent compositions christ garden friends bernard frustrated work qualified words observed painted morning evening clear cold days beautiful bright sunshine resulting completed earlier year wrote brother hard coarse reality quality smell earth attempting recreate scene like explained express making reference actual need portray figures sermon mount order express gentle feeling commented shall paint christ garden shall paint olive harvest today giving human figure proper place reminded analysis artistic style early works dull gray colors paris met leading french artists provided influences use color technique work previously somber dark color use color dramatic called southern france provided opportunity express emotions effects sun countryside reported work promises color began development captured colors moods trees varied dramatically daylight season began use color blue represent divine night olive tree paintings intense blue sky symbolize divine infinite presence jesus seeking modern artistic language represent divine sought quality olive tree paintings bathing olive trees emblem jesus gold light concept broken color light work drawing color giving painting light form paintings fields mountains rocks heads figures series unified refined approach thick application paint accustomed meaning series olive trees expressive power ancient forms found manifestation spiritual force believed resided nature soil sky alive motion leaves stirred mediterranean wind strong individual painted drawn canvas heavily loaded brush energy continuous rhythm physical way living force found trees spiritual force believed shaped author divine discovering faith consumer christianity asserts paintings olive tree series particular conveys quality sorrow sorrow quote sermon sorrow better joy sadness heart better nature learnt learning look jesus christ reason good word paul paintings letters specified paintings june completed late november painting september olive paintings december drawings olive trees safety measure access complement night olive trees mountainous landscape collection wrote brother landscape olive trees new study sky calling painting daylight complement nocturnal night intention photographic silly perfection painters intensity born color linear rhythms painting twisted green olive trees stand foothills alps underneath sky cloud later pictures dried sent paris noting olive trees white cloud mountains rise moon night effect point view general arrangement outlines old olive painted versions women picking described spot study deeper tones nature second painting resolved stylized intended sister mother located new_york_city chester collection washington painted studio december color scheme subject painting immediately clear tree like stepping stone leads spectator scene concerned emotional spiritual reality literal interpretation women harvest way trees wrap women trees landscape indicates emotional bond nature people painting olive time couple olive grove olive painted december painted june paintings june couple walking olive trees mountainous landscape crescent moon located identified olive tree paintings june second month stay asylum expressed letter july orchard olive trees gray leaves violet shadows lying sunny sand contrast shadows heat sun repetitive rectangular brush strokes convey energy emotional impact work olive trees bright blue sky cool blue daylight tones similar study warm autumn colors autumn toned painting met goal achieving harsh coarse realism work presented painting friend doctor care supervision sur following year painted june painted september november december paintings period artistic result reaction painting mentioned spiritual significance section intense nature scotland olive trees likely expresses agitated state mind completed work dramatic impact evidenced color use vibrant olive trees sun suggest fall season novelist visited painting year period painting unsure came realize fascination painting represented periods time late afternoon sun lies west mountains shadows slant left southwest fall autumn painting time season future past olive trees sun suffering jesus harsh sun barren ground shadows menacing appearance leaf clusters november december van worked painting time olive grove orange sky resides sweden
Olive Trees (Van Gogh series)