Ivy, two paintings by Vincent van Gogh

Ivy is the title the Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh connected with two paintings executed in Saint-Rémy, during the summer of 1889. Both size 30 canvases, the first upright version supplies a view of a stone bench in the garden of the hospital, while the second concentrates on the vegetation, allowing only a glimpse on the sunny paths beyond. Van Gogh incorporated the first version in his selection of works to be displayed at Les XX, Brussels, in 1890.