Picture of van Gogh grew up in the fields of Minnesota
ARTinvestment.RU   08 октября 2015

Huge "green" reproduction of the masterpiece of van Gogh's "Olive trees with yellow sky and sun" with an area of over 6,000 square metres has appeared near the airport of Minneapolis

Canvas Vincent van Gogh "Olive trees with yellow sky and sun" (Saint-Remy, November 1889) literally grew on the fields of Minnesota, thanks to the landscape artist Stan Herd (Stan Herd). Huge "green" reproduction of van Gogh's masterpiece with an area of over 6,000 square metres has appeared near the runways of the Minneapolis airport, to arriving in the city, passengers could enjoy it as an art object vysoty@

Playing fields van Gogh paintings, the Minneapolis Institute of arts (Minneapolis Institute of Art — Mia) decided to celebrate its centenary. Invited Kansas landscape artist Stan herd has a rich experience of "growing" masterpieces in the fields. For example, he once reproduced one of the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci with paneristi@

Painting "Olive trees with yellow sky and sun" is one of 15 works by van Gogh of olive trees, written in the autumn of 1889; it belongs to the Assembly Mia.

to reproduce the picture on the box, it took several months. First, Hurd made a detailed diagram of where what plants to plant and what soil. Planting began in the spring. And to convey the dynamics of the painterly strokes of van Gogh, need to strip the many twisting paths-lines. "Stunning paintings by van Gogh that there's not a single straight line. All so naturally bends and flows, this is how the heartbeat pulse," comments Hurd creation raboty@

the result of the works of landscape artist is striking in its resemblance to the original. Though the colors slightly less bright. "Green" reproduction will delight the eyes of residents and visitors of Minneapolis until the end of autumn. The main thing to take seats on the left side samoleta@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: hyperallergic.com, artinvestment.ru