Chestnut Trees in Bloom

c. 1905/1906

Maurice de Vlaminck

Artist, French, 1876 - 1958

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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217-B

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 65.09 × 50.17 cm (25 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)
    framed: 73.34 × 87.63 × 7.62 cm (28 7/8 × 34 1/2 × 3 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.18.60

  • Copyright

    © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

More About this Artwork

Verdant green fields roll in undulating waves back alongside a road in this horizontal landscape painting. The fields take up the left and center of the composition and are painted with thick, curling strokes of emerald, pea, and celery green, and corn yellow to suggest grasses and plants. The pale green road runs up along the right edge of the painting, and is layered with strokes and daubs in butter yellow, spring green, and faint blue. The fields and road meet the horizon line about halfway up the canvas, where an aquamarine-blue sky swirling with white and periwinkle-blue clouds fills the top half of the painting.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left: Vlaminck

Wikidata ID

Q20190933

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