ALLEE DES ALYSCAMPS

Allee des Alyscamps by Vincent van Gogh is an oil on canvas painted by the Dutch artist in 1888 in Arles, France.

Alyscamps was an ancient Roman necropolis in Arles. It is lined with poplars and stone sarcophagi. The Alyscamps was Arles main burial ground for nearly 1,500 years.

Vincent and his artist friend Paul Gauguin had went to Allee des Alyscamps together to paint. Van Gogh depicts two lovers taking a walk through the Allee des Tombeaux. The woman wears a local costume, while the man is dressed in a miliarty uniform. The area depicts a sort of loneliness about it. Van Gogh makes use of yellows, reds, blues and greens in Allee des Alyscamps. The trees almost seem to by flaming into the sky.


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