Park at Asnieres in Spring

Van Gogh's Park at Asnières in Spring from 1887 belongs to his Paris period explorations of the suburban parks and leisure spaces accessible from Montmartre. Spring in the park — fresh green foliage, light through new leaves, the specific quality of northern spring light — gave him chromatic material he approached with increasing Impressionist fluency during his Paris years. The Asnières park subjects connect to his wider exploration of suburban Paris as subject matter. The work is currently unlocated or in private hands.

Spring foliage is rendered with the fresh greens characteristic of Van Gogh's Paris period landscape painting. His evolving Impressionist technique uses broken color and varied brushwork to capture the quality of spring light through new leaves. The palette is higher-keyed than his Dutch period, the Impressionist influence fully absorbed.