van gogh olive orchard Dimensions (inches):52 x 66" Pissarro returns to his roots

Pissarro returns to his roots

a social scene characteristic of the 1920s in the United States

It is a clear demonstration of the artist's virtuosity

The modern texture modeled with sand emphasizes the essence of the effect

This is the first impressionist painting

van gogh olive orchard Dimensions (inches):52 x 66" Pissarro returns to his roots"Olive Orchard" was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1889, during his stay at the sanatorium in Saint Rmy de Provence, where the genius would spend the last days of his life. In one of his letters to Theo, he refers to the painting with these words: "Its violet shadows lie on the sunlit sand." It is currently located in the Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City.