Framed Cypress Art

The cypress tree is an easily recognizable and intriguing species. One kind of cypress is traditionally narrow in shape, with its leaves and branches forming a thin, vertical line. However, other breeds can look quite different, with leaves spanning over the top of the plant, often in a fan shape.

Its branches are often significantly thinner than the trunk and twist ominously. Both types of cypresses are popular objects for impressionist framed cypress art. Cypress trees also make a popular choice in gardens and homes due to its unique shape and long life span.

The most famous of all framed cypress depictions is, of course, Vincent Van Gogh’s various illustrations of cypresses, including “Cypresses,” “Road with Cypresses,” “The Garden at Arles, detail of the cypress trees,” and “Wheat Field with Cypresses,” all created between 1889 and 1890. Van Gogh seemed to be fixated on the cypress trees outside his window, as they are also illustrated in his famous “Starry Night.” Cypress trees were often seen as somber omens in European culture. Vincent Van Gogh, however, seems to have seen them as fascinating and intriguing objects of art.