Why it matters
A pair of cypress trees stands in the French countryside. Van Gogh painted them soon after arriving at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, describing cypresses as 'beautiful as regards lines and proportions, like an Egyptian obelisk'.
Did you know?
- It was painted around June 1889.
- It was shown at the Salon des Indépendants in 1890.
- It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Based on the Wikipedia article Cypresses (Metropolitan Museum of Art) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
