can be a creator but looking through the Van Gogh letters I see an ingenious person throughout the letters and the life he lived. An innovative person is “Willing to take a chance- to go out on a limb (S. I. Hayakawa‚ Page 1)” in many aspects of their lives. When taking a look at the Van Gogh letter he writes “I asked M. Peytron point-blank‚ since you are going to Paris‚ what would you say if I suggested that you be kind enough to take me with you (Van Gogh Letter 605‚ page2)” In this statement he
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Comparte/Contrast Van Gogh and Chagall For this essay‚ I chose to compare and contrast Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” with Marc Chagall’s “I and the Village”. The two pieces are lovely and most interesting to evaluate in relationship to one another. I personally love both artists and upon closely examining these famous pieces‚ I have noticed how similar yet different these works of art are. Vincent van Gogh was a deeply troubled‚ post-impressionist artist and his painting “Starry Night” is his
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THE NIGHT CAFÉ BY: VINCENT VAN GOGH AS A POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER‚ AND ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ASTIST OF ALL TIME VINCENT VAN GOGH has became an icon. Between November 1881 and July 1890 he painted almost 900 paintings. The Night Café in the place Lamartine in Arles 1888 (fig 2-47). This piece was him telling the world that this place is where one “can ruin oneself”. He tried to express it as it being a place where the atmosphere was of loneliness. The striking‚ bold‚ intense colors‚ the empathic
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Starry Night A mono-toned starry night with twisty‚ long lines and cracked short lines unexpectedly generates a wonderful sight. It states darkness in the artist’s soul. The artist of the painting is none other than Vincent Willem Van Gogh‚ who is a famous Dutch post-Impressionist painter. He drew the painting in an asylum at Saint-Remy‚ France‚ in 1889. He cut off his own ear‚ and then he was sent to the asylum‚ which was the reason that he created the Starry Night in an asylum. This masterpiece
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artists‚ 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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Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who influenced the art world in the twentieth century and how people view art today. Vincent’s first brother died as an infant and he always thought of himself as the “replacement child.” Being the oldest in the family‚ Vincent had to drop out of school to work and financially support his family. His younger brother Theo was a respected art dealer who financially supported Vincent when he realized his passion in art. Vincent Van Gogh was a painter
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Vincent van Gogh is a man who lives a depressing life and who I admire the most. He is a painter who deals with various mental illnesses‚ who is shunned most of his life by others but‚ nevertheless‚ persists and continues to create works of art depicting how he views the world through his eyes. It is odd to admire someone who has been carried through life by his younger brother and has sold one art work of about 2‚000‚ but there are times when you meet someone who is different shades of imperfect
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Van Gogh vs Salvador Dali The focus of the paper is to make a comparison and contrasts between Van Gogh’s ’Starry Night’ and Salvador Dali’s ’Persistence of time’. While Van Gogh’s theme formed the basis of expressionism in twentieth century‚ Dali initially became a leader of the Surrealist movement and later on developed interests in psychology and science‚ both movements influencing their beliefs and formal approaches in distinctive ways. The ’Persistence of Time’ is regarded as one of the most
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His paintings have immensely contributed to the foundations of modern art. In his 10 year painting career he produced 900 painting and 1100 drawings. Some of his paintings today are the most expensive: Irises was sold for $53.9 Million and Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $82.5 Million. Vincent Van Gogh suffered depression‚ and in 1889 was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. His depression worsened over time and on July 27‚ 1890 at the age of 37 Van Gogh shot himself in the
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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 straight lines and overflowing with a plenty of natural structures
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