Lilac Bush

Lilac Bush (catalogue number : F 579, JH 1692)[1][2] is a May 1889 oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh, produced during his stay in Saint-Rémy.

It is now in the Hermitage Museum.

[3] The artist began painting almost as soon as he had arrived at the psychiatric hospital of Saint-Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy.

[4] Among his first subjects were the irises and lilac bush in the hospital garden, mentioned in a letter written to his brother Theo and Theo's wife Johanna a few days after his arrival: I have two other [paintings] to send - purple irises and a lilac bush.

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