Flowering Plum Orchard (after Hiroshige)
Vincent van Gogh (1887)
In Flowering Plum Orchard (after Hiroshige), Vincent van Gogh fuses <strong>ukiyo-e design</strong> with <strong>post‑Impressionist color</strong>. A diagonal, calligraphic trunk cuts across a saturated green orchard, set against a <strong>blazing red sky</strong> and framed by <strong>orange borders with Japanese characters</strong>. The result is a vivid translation of Hiroshige’s motif into an oil painting charged with renewal and resolve <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
