A Writer's Notebook

A Writer's Notebook

Oleanders

A Van Gogh to brighten your inbox.

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Summer Brennan
Mar 29, 2022
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Oleanders, by Vincent van Gogh, 1888. The Met.

Hi friends,

Things aren’t too fabulous chez moi at the moment, but I came across this Van Gogh still life online and thought it might be nice to share it. Oleander flowers represented life and joy to Van Gogh, blooming as they did “inexaustibly” all over the southern landscape. He said they were always “putt…

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