View of Arles with Orchards in Blossom — Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Painted in 1889, this wide-angle view looks across the Provençal plain toward the town of Arles, its rooftops emerging beyond rows of fruit trees in full spring blossom. Van Gogh worked this motif repeatedly during his Arles period, drawn to the seasonal spectacle of white-flowering orchards against the pale southern light. Art postcard from the Vincent van Gogh collection at Zolota Ptakha.