![Vincent van Gogh - Olive Trees [1889]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7512/15890733992_253b7649a1_o.jpg)
Upon Van Gogh's arrival at the asylum of Saint-Rémy in spring 1889, the olive trees that grew in cultivated groves near the walls of the sanitarium took on great significance for him.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 92.1 cm]