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1888年，梵高在法国南部迎来了他绘画生涯中产量最高的时期。1888年3月当梵高到达阿尔勒时，果园里果树的花朵即将盛开。<ref name="MancoffVGF49">{{cite book | title=Van Gogh's Flowers | author=Mancoff, D | publisher=Frances Lincoln Limited | location=London | year=2008 | page=49| isbn=978-0-7112-2908-2 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KRbgR7QtwvgC&pg=PA49 }}</ref> 杏树、桃树和李树的花朵激励着他<ref name="VGM671">{{cite web |url=http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=3128&collection=451&lang=en#moretotell |title=Almond Blossom, 1890 |year=2005–2011 |work=Permanent Collection |publisher=Van Gogh Museum |accessdate=April 23, 2011}}</ref>，在一个月之内，梵高绘制了十四幅开花的果树。<ref name=VGM557>{{cite web |url=http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0035V1962 |title=Almond Tree in Blossom, 1888 |year=2005–2011 |work=Permanent Collection |publisher=Van Gogh Museum |accessdate=April 23, 2011}}</ref>对于这种题材，梵高作画的速度接近每天一张画。<ref name="Fell">{{cite book| author=Fell, D |year=2001 |title=Van Gogh's Gardens | location=United Kingdom |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=25 | isbn=0-7432-0233-3 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=QssD77mFRkkC&pg=PA25 }}</ref>在4月21日梵高写给弟弟提奥的信中，说他“不得不找一些新的东西，因为果园里的花朵几乎快谢完了”。<ref name="VGM557" />[[File:Vincent van Gogh - Bloeiende pruimenboomgaard- naar Hiroshige - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''日本盛开的梅树 (仿 [[歌川廣重|歌川广重]])''<br>梵高, 1887 <br>[[梵高博物馆]]，[[阿姆斯特丹]] (F371)]] 梵高的作品反映了他对于日本木刻的兴趣。梵高收集了数百幅日本浮世绘，在他1887年的两幅作品中，梵高使用了一些浮世绘的画法，以表示对广重的敬意。<ref name="Wallace70">{{cite book | title=The World of Van Gogh (1853—1890) | author=Wallace, R | editor=Editors of Time-Life Books | publisher=Time-Life Books | location=Alexandria, VA, USA | year=1969 | page=70 | url= }}</ref>梵高的日本风格画作代表了他对于平静的渴望，正如在给他妹妹的信中所说的“可以肯定地说，如此多的平静比药店里卖的所有东西对我的病来说都更有疗效”。<ref name="Maurer">{{cite book | title=The pursuit of spiritual wisdom: the thought and art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin | author=Maurer, N | publisher=Associated University Presses | location=Cranbury | year=1999 | origyear=1998 | page=200 | isbn=0-8386-3749-3 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wf_PoXKhggkC&pg=PA200 }}</ref>法国南部地区和开花的树似乎把梵高从低迷的状态下唤醒，变得方向明确且富有活力。他写道，“我忙于绘制那些开花的树，我想把普罗旺斯果园令人惊叹的喜悦画下来”。在过去，一段活跃的创作时期会让他变得精疲力竭，但是这次却充满精力。<ref>{{cite book | title=Van Gogh's Flowers | author=Mancoff, D | publisher=Frances Lincoln Limited | location=London | year=2008 | pages=43–44| isbn=978-0-7112-2908-2 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=KRbgR7QtwvgC&pg=PA43 }}</ref>