Van Gogh's Accomplishments
Van Gogh is a widely famous artist of the late 1880s. He is most famous for his work Starry Night. Born in 1853, Vincent’s artistic career started in his twenties after having many different types of careers (Living with Art 11). From being a student to a preacher to a bookseller, he finally found a life of art (Van Gogh Museum). He seemed to have struggled greatly with self-esteem and self-worth, as he struggled with many women in his short time and, as his work shows, his art follows his path of self- pity and sorrow. Vincent’s love life was as complicated, if not more, than any other. Of what is known. Van Gogh proposed three times in his life, with no luck of any saying yes, in the 1860s and 1880s. “For my part, I still continually have
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He wrote to his brother Theo often, as he trusted him and spoke to him about personal topics in his life (Van Gogh Museum). He wrote many times about women and his lack of luck with them, he spoke once of his “riches” and how, though not rich with money, he was rich in a sense that he finally had something he truly enjoyed and loved – art (Living with Art 11). Van Gogh’s letters to his brother accurately portray who Vincent was; the letters were written because he needed a person to confide in who understood and whom he trusted in with such deep topics of his seemingly …show more content…
He left us with hundreds of paintings, drawings, and sketches, but he seemed to fancy painting things such as nature, women, and himself when he didn’t have the money to pay models (Van Gogh gallery). He also had painted several skulls in his time he was suffering depression (Van Gogh Gallery, possibly foreshadowing his death a few years later. Van Gogh mainly painted with canvas and possibly oil paints. In his later years, he used a lot of paint on his canvases so that the brushstrokes were visible. His earlier years in art were a bit different than those we know of today with their bright colors and paintings that seem to just be alive; ones like Starry Night and others that many are very familiar with. His painting Head of a Woman (1884-1885) depicts a woman without a visible face. This painting portrays the period of time he created her in because in the years surrounded 1884 and 1885 his paintings did not show much color (Van Gogh
He wrote to his brother Theo often, as he trusted him and spoke to him about personal topics in his life (Van Gogh Museum). He wrote many times about women and his lack of luck with them, he spoke once of his “riches” and how, though not rich with money, he was rich in a sense that he finally had something he truly enjoyed and loved – art (Living with Art 11). Van Gogh’s letters to his brother accurately portray who Vincent was; the letters were written because he needed a person to confide in who understood and whom he trusted in with such deep topics of his seemingly …show more content…
He left us with hundreds of paintings, drawings, and sketches, but he seemed to fancy painting things such as nature, women, and himself when he didn’t have the money to pay models (Van Gogh gallery). He also had painted several skulls in his time he was suffering depression (Van Gogh Gallery, possibly foreshadowing his death a few years later. Van Gogh mainly painted with canvas and possibly oil paints. In his later years, he used a lot of paint on his canvases so that the brushstrokes were visible. His earlier years in art were a bit different than those we know of today with their bright colors and paintings that seem to just be alive; ones like Starry Night and others that many are very familiar with. His painting Head of a Woman (1884-1885) depicts a woman without a visible face. This painting portrays the period of time he created her in because in the years surrounded 1884 and 1885 his paintings did not show much color (Van Gogh