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I'd like to describe the picture "The Flowering Orchards" by Vincent Van Gogh (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY). The Flowering Orchards is a series of paintings executed by Vincent Van Gogh in Arles, in southern France, in the spring of 1888. Van Gogh arrived in Arles in February 1888 amid a snowstorm, within two weeks the weather changed and the fruit trees were in blossom. Appreciating the symbolism of rebirth, Van Gogh worked with optimism and zeal on about fourteen paintings of flowering trees in the early spring. He also made paintings of flowering trees in Saint-Remy in 1889. Flowering trees were special to Van Gogh. They represented awakening and hope. He enjoyed them aesthetically and found joy in painting flowering trees. 
I like this work of art and a lot of other paintings by Van Gogh, because he painted nature of Europe, and I very like european nature. I think, we have common perception of european nature. This painting and the other paintings from this series are very colorful and realistic. This picture is an oil-painting.  The picture is painted in soft and delicate colours. Van Gogh managed to combine form and colour into harmonious unity. I think that this picture is lyrical and poetic in tone and atmosphere. It makes people think about spring, carelessness and renovation of the soul. There are a lot of green colours: grass green, leaf green, lime. Green symbolizes tranquility and refreshing. I very like this painting and a lot of others paintings by V. Van Gogh.