The Rebellious Curator

Cypress Trees by Vincent Van Gogh, 1890

This was painted only months before he attempted suicide, and it is believed that the moon placed oddly in the upper right corner, foreshadowed his death. The two figures walking in the foreground seems to signify his constant longing for human companionship. On the subject of the Cypress trees, his brother Theo stated: "Cypresses were always occupying his thoughts and that he believed them to be beautiful of line and proportioned like an Egyptian obelisk."