Flowering Orchards his friend Émile Bernard he provided more detail: "Here is another orchard, rather simple as a composition: a white tree, a small green tree, a square patch of green, lilac soil, an orange roof, a large blue sky." The Van Gogh Museum's version of "Orchard in Blossom" was painted in April. Vincent asked Theo to "shave off" some of the impasto in this painting. Apparently he did not reline, a process of heavy pressure and heat to flatten the surface, because sharp edges of thick impasto remain on the painting. Van Gogh painted "View of Arles, Flowering Orchards" in spring
Flowering Orchards flowering trees. However, only one triptych grouping has been documented, one which Vincent envisioned and sketched for Theo's apartment. Johanna van Gogh-Bonger displayed them in the apartment according to Van Gogh's sketch, the vertical "Pink Peach Tree" between the "Pink Orchard" and the "White Orchard". In Paris, Van Gogh had learned to paint more than what one sees, but what it should be. He felt "Pink Orchard" was an example of wise use of that technique, such as leaving a field blank behind the orchard to create the feeling of distance. The way in which he outlined the bark of