The artwork “Pine Trees in Front of the Wall of the Asylum” was created by Vincent van Gogh in 1889 while he was in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. This piece, executed with pencil on paper, belongs to the Post-Impressionism art movement and falls under the genre of sketches and studies. It is currently housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
In the artwork, van Gogh depicts a series of pine trees positioned against a backdrop of the asylum wall. The trees vary in size and display an erratic, swirling form, characteristic of van Gogh’s style, with the strokes capturing a sense of wind movement and dynamism. The fence-like structure of the wall adds a linear contrast to the otherwise free-flowing and expressive forms of the trees. The scene captures a blend of natural motion and confinement, encapsulated by a background of subtle sky strokes that suggest an expansive yet wistful atmosphere.
