{"id":3118,"date":"2009-02-11T22:29:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T16:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2009-02-11T22:29:34","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T16:29:34","slug":"the-almond-blossom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2009\/02\/11\/the-almond-blossom\/","title":{"rendered":"the almond blossom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/almond_blossom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/almond_blossom.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"almond_blossom\" width=\"500\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/almond_blossom.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/almond_blossom-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one of my all-time favourite Van Gogh paintings. Do you know the story behind it? Well, on January 31, 1890, Theo (Vincent&#8217;s brother) wrote to Vincent to tell him about the birth of his son whom they named Vincent Willem. In response to this wonderful news, Vincent, who was very close to his brother, got out his paint brushes and painted these blossoming branches &#8211; his favourite subject to paint. He sent it to his brother and sister-in-law, and they put it in pride of place above the piano. <\/p>\n<p>On January 31, 2009, I finally bought myself the Dutch museum pass so that I can visit this painting anytime I want for the whole year to come. It is one of the best birthday presents I&#8217;ve bought myself to date. <\/p>\n<p>xx<\/p>\n<p>PS There is a fabulous exhibition starting at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.vangoghmuseum.nl\/vgm\/index.jsp?lang=en\"target=\"_blank\">Van Gogh museum<\/a> this Friday February 13 to June 7, in collaboration with the MoMA in New York. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.vangoghmuseum.nl\/vgm\/index.jsp?page=150362&#038;lang=en\"target=\"_blank\">Van Gogh and the colours of the night<\/a>. It will be the first exhibition to be devoted to Van Gogh\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s representations of the evening and night. I can&#8217;t wait to check it out!<\/p>\n<p>PPS And yes of course I am also excited to visit all the museums with my new pass! And I promise to report back here after each exploration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my all-time favourite Van Gogh paintings. Do you know the story behind it? Well, on January 31, 1890, Theo (Vincent&#8217;s brother) wrote to Vincent to tell him about the birth of his son whom they named Vincent Willem. 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