Poplar Art

Despite its short life span the poplar tree has been a popular subject for many artists over the past 300 years. Both Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh did poplar art. Monet’s works include the Meadow with Poplars, The Poplars 1891, Poplars on the Banks of the Epte 1981, and Poplars on the Banks of the Epte, Autumn, 1981.

Vincent van Gogh’s piece of poplar artwork The Poplars of Saint-Remy is from a series of paintings that the artist did when he was a self-admitted patient at the Saint Paul Asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Province. He took great inspiration from the gardens that provided the backdrop for his work. The portrait itself has vivid imagery of a dark sky; it clearly shows the shape, texture and colors of the poplar tree and you can almost feel the artist’s emotions coming at you off of the canvas.