Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists. He was born on March 30‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands. Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work‚ notable for its beauty‚ emotion and color‚ highly influenced 20th century art. He struggled with mental illness‚ and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. Van Gogh died in France on July 29‚ 1890‚ at age 37‚ from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He produces more than 2‚100 artworks‚ including 860 oil paintings on canvases
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Willem Van Gogh was born 30th March 1853 in Zudert‚ Netherlands. He is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt ( known for his Baroque style painting )‚ though he had little success during his life time‚ Van Gogh produced all of his work (some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings ) during a period of 10 years before he succumbed to mental illness ( possible bipolar disorder) and committed suicide. His fame grew rapidly after his death especially following a showing of van Gogh’s
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Analysis of “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent Van Gogh In 1883‚ after leaving his wife Sien and his children Vincent Van Gogh headed to Nuenen. Coming off a disturbing part of his life‚ which included the break up with his ex-wife with several issues and suffering from gonorrhea‚ he was having a considerably difficult time. In Nuenen‚ Van Gogh started to devote himself to drawing‚ and started to gain attachment and sympathy
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Vincent van Gogh displays a large transition in the composition of his works towards his late career. While his early works were composed of dark colors‚ with a focus in browns and blacks‚ van Gogh developed a more colorful palette‚ larger painterly strokes‚ and a more diverse array of content towards his late career. Julie York states in her article‚ “His penetrating self-portraits… lend insight to human character and to van Gogh’s uncompromising vision.” Between 1886 and 1889 his self-portraits
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we could say that Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh were born in the same period. They may have been born quite close together but both men discovered art was their vocations almost 20 years apart‚ which may have been why they are such different artists. Monet had a head start on Van Gogh as he was introduced to art at a very young age. Monet also had a mentor who taught him the tricks of the trade and pushed him from caricatures to landscape paintings. We know Monet was an Impressionist painter
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Colour recession & Negative space “The Sower” Vincent Van Gogh‚ painted in 1888. He uses a silhouette to represent the raising of ordinary people and the sun creating a halo over his head. He also uses colour recession because there are colour opposites present. Positive space is the tree and the sower‚ the background is the negative space. “Sunflowers” Vincent Van Gogh painted in 1888. It’s not necessarily big on positive and negative space‚ but it is great for colour opposites and recession
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Thesis statement: Whereas there is no proven connection‚ in my opinion the lone white Iris flower in the “Irises” painting represents the need for individuality in Gogh and even people in society‚ given that there is no other white iris flower like it in this powerful painting. In "Irises‚" there is a war being pursued: one of franticness competing with quietness. Writhing and anguished lines in the leaves firmly stand out from the peaceful‚ etched brushstrokes found in the petals. Dispossessed of
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things it can vary from color‚ mass‚ size‚ and shape. In addition the form‚ balance‚ background space‚ and value can all be not the same. Not just visible things can depart from one another also the overall feel and mood of the piece of art. Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands where he spent his early life in various
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Vincent Van Gogh‚ genius or madman? ‘The connection between genius and mental illness is paradoxically both clearer and murkier than that between genius and high intelligence.’ (Published on March 31‚ 2011‚ Andrew Robinson) Van Gogh‚ possibly the most famous example of a known genius who beared the title of a mentally ill individual‚ had severe depression‚ inflicted serious injury on his own earlobe in the year of 1888‚ admitted himself to a mental facility‚ and shot himself in 1890‚ yet he is one
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Vincent Van Gogh a painter has been through the worse and still tried to better his life and paint out his feelings and dreams and to show that there is more to life. At an young age his family didn’t have it best he dropped out of school at age fifthteen because his family was struggling financially and they couldn’t pay for him to go. He still practice and worked in painting and learning as much as he could at home and once he was able he got back into school to learn. He painted many paintings but
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