French Riviera Painting Van Gogh each centre marked by a

each centre marked by a dark ring of stamens

A single luminous rainbow arcs across a clear cobalt sky in this striking close-up

Textured impasto and trickling drips of paint give the whole scene a raw

distant peaks darkening to a low silhouette beneath an extravagant sky

French Riviera Painting Van Gogh each centre marked by aPainted in loose, buttery brushstrokes, this scene tumbles down a sunlit Mediterranean hillside toward a glittering blue bay. Terracotta roofed houses cluster along the slope, their ochre and rose walls draped with climbing flowers in crimson and pink, while a tall dark cypress rises beside a stone path that winds toward the water. Sailing boats drift across the turquoise sea below, framed by hazy violet mountains and a sky piled with soft cumulus.