In the context of Butterflies (Van Gogh series), discuss the Groupings of butterfly and garden paintings of the Paintings made in Arles.
Jennifer Helvey, author of Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden, groups five garden paintings that Van Gogh made in Arles due to stylist similarity. This grouping includes two butterfly paintings: Two White Butterflies and Grass and Butterflies. She found the paintings seem true, natural reflections of gardens, with a top-down perspective. The works in the grouping share a similar color palette and rhythmic brushstrokes. Iris appears, though, to have been subject to greater study: the single plant centered and the brushstrokes of the grass radiating out from the iris.			
			
		
		
			
			
		
		
			
			
		
		
			
			
		
		
			
			
		
Helvey also offers another grouping with the two butterfly paintings from Arles and Tree Trunks in the Grass made at Saint-Rémy:
Saint-Rémy Butterflies Arles butterfly Vincent van Gogh