Visconti Van Gogh Fountain Pen - Flowering Plum Orchard

The Visconti Van Gogh Flowering Plum Orchard Fountain Pen has yellow gold plated metal fittings which add light to the red, green, and brown acrylic resin. The fountain pen kit comes with a new red ink called "Flowering Plum Orchard" and is available in fine, medium, and broad widths. A converter is included with each fountain pen. All three modes are accompanied by a bookmark showing a detail of the painting.

Fountain Pen Nib: Vermeil plated steel nib with Van Gogh Signature: F, M, B

Filling System:  Universal International Cartridge/Converter  

Material: Acrylic Resin

Trim: Vermeil

"Flowering Plum Orchard" is the second oil painting selected by Visconti from Van Gogh's Japanese series. The artist made this painting in 1887 from a Japanese print by Hiroshige, called Plum Garden in Kameido.

The ancient plum tree that was the subject of the original print had the poetic nickname of "the sleeping dragon plum tree". Van Gogh accurately reproduced the composition with more intense colors replacing the black and grey of Hiroshige's tree trunk with red and blue tones. He also added the two orange borders with Japanese characters for a decorative and exotic effect.