They are immediately recognisable as works by Constable and Van Gogh.
They are immediately recognisable as works by Constable and Van Gogh.
FOLIAGE ON CANVAS: Constable's Haywain without trees, and the original.
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Rebecca McQuillan
But, on closer inspection there is something missing from these famous paintings: the trees.
An expert in forest mapping has digitally removed the trees from the renowned artworks to highlight the threat of deforestation.
Dr Iain Woodhouse of Edinburgh University's School of Geosciences has cut out the towering elms from Constable's The Haywain and the grey-green foliage from Van Gogh's Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun. He has performed the same trick on the parkland trees in Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte.
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