Tree branch art has only recently become popular among audiences as an art category. However, tree branch art has been explored by both fine artists and photographers for a long time. These works can include the whole tree or just the branches, but generally the placement and image of these graphic tree designs place a special emphasis on the branches in relation with the picture.
Many tree branch paintings are graphic in nature. These graphic tree designs have been explored by such artists as Claude Monet, John Rossini, and Vincent Van Gogh. In some cases, as with Van Gogh's 'Almond Blossoms, 1890' and Monet's 'Water Lilies and Willow Branches, c. 1917', these works were some of the most emotively haunting pieces of their entire careers.
The primary use of tree branch art in photography is emotive. They can either frame a scene or enhance a certain mood that the photographer is trying to establish. These emotive tree photographs are one of the most recognizable examples of tree branch art for art audiences today.
As a category of modern natural art, few are as unique or diverse as tree branch art. However, in many ways contemporary tree prints deal more with the symbolic relevance of branches. For example, in the tree branch print 'Love of Two Hearts' the tree branches symbolize the growth of family rather than depicting any particular characteristic of the branches themselves.
