The Pink Orchard also Orchard with Blooming Apricot Trees

In the spring of 1888, Vincent van Gogh wrote:'I'm in a fury of work as the trees are in blossom and I wanted to do a Provence orchard of tremendous gaiety.'(See letter to Theo van Gogh, 3 April 1888). When Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888, winter still held the village in its grip. After a few weeks, spring came. Full of enthusiasm, he began a series of studies of trees in blossom. When he saw the paintings side by side, he had the idea of combining them into triptychs.