Blossoming Chestnut Branches

{{Short description|1890 oil painting by Vincent van Gogh}}

{{Infobox artwork

| title = Blossoming Chestnut Branches

| image_file = Blossoming Chestnut Branches.jpg

| image_upright = 1

| medium = Oil on canvas

| artist = Vincent van Gogh

| year = {{Start date|1890}}

| catalogue = F820

| city = Zurich

| museum = Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection

}}

Blossoming Chestnut Branches was painted by Vincent van Gogh during the artist's Auvers-sur-Oise period in May 1890, the final year of his life."Vincent van Gogh & Auvers-sur-Oise". T.F. Simon. Accessed Jan 18, 2011. [http://www.tfsimon.com/auvers-sur-oise.html]

The painting was one of four missing after a high-profile theft from the Foundation E.G. Bührle gallery in Zürich on February 10, 2008.Harnischfeger, Uta and Kulish, Nicholas. "At Zurich Museum, a Theft of 4 Masterworks". The New York Times. Feb 12, 2008. Accessed Jan 18, 2011. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/world/europe/12swiss.html] The work was found nine days later in a parked automobile in Zürich, along with one of the other stolen paintings, and was returned undamaged to the gallery.Heaven, Joseph. "Zurich Police Say 2 of 4 Stolen Masterpieces Found". Bloomberg. Feb 19, 2008. Accessed Jan 18, 2011. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&refer=muse&sid=a1IpewwgSP_o]