[1] There is a woman walking through a lush and green garden dotted with flowers and in the background there is a building concealed behind a thick row of trees.

Artists were drawn to the city after a newly built train system from Paris to the suburbs made the countryside and landscapes along the Seine River more accessible.

Among many other interactions, van Gogh was initially prompted to go to the northwest suburbs just days after viewing Ponton de la Félicité, a painting by Signac, in 1887.

[6] In recent research, it was found that van Gogh made this trip from Paris to Asnières and its surrounding area almost everyday for three months between May and July in 1887 in which he produced around 40 paintings, including A Woman Walking in a Garden.

[5] In Paris van Gogh found many sources of inspiration for his art in the unique landscape and the other young avant-garde artists around him experimenting with new styles and techniques.

[3] A Woman Walking in a Garden also has a significantly brighter color palette than van Gogh's previous realism characterized by earthy tones and little contrast.

"[10] Van Gogh's new usage of color in A Woman Walking in a Garden was a result of the brighter subjects he was painting, the inspiration he found in Paris and the new impressionism he was experimenting with.

Van Gogh also used brighter and complementary colors to allow for greater contrasts and to highlight the elements of light that were unique and essential in landscapes paintings.

[7] A Woman Walking in Garden is one of Van Gogh's early experimentations with the techniques of impressionism, a movement that he later regarded as at the forefront of.

[14][3] The Art Institute of Chicago displayed A Woman Walking in a Garden in an exhibit entitled "van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape."