The Mad Artist, Van Gogh Everyone is familiar with the famous, yet mad, artist, Vincent van Gogh. Although he was born in Netherlands, he was very important to France. He suffered from many mental illnesses most of his life and died a suicidal death, but during his life span he created beautiful masterpieces, was part of an art movement and has made a huge impact on the way we view art today.
Biography
Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus gave birth to Vincent Willem van Gogh March 30th, 1853, exactly one year after a stillborn. Many say that being named after his dead brother, and being the replacement son, had a lot to do with his mental illness. He was born in Zundert, Netherlands. He had five siblings:Theo, Wil, Cornelis, Anna, and Elisabeth. Gogh was extremely emotional and lacked self confidence. He worked as a clerk at a bookstore and an art salesman. He was also a preacher in Belgium until he was dismissed for being overzealous. He stayed in Belgium to study art. He joined his brother,Theo, in Paris, France. There his style became lighter, but his health became worse. He and a friend, Gauguin, left to Arles. Gauguin soon left because Gogh tried to attack him with a razor. He failed and ended up cutting off a part of his earlobe. After that incident, Gogh became lucidic and mad and was put into Saint-Remy’s asylum for treatment.
Death He was let out of the asylum after he seemed so much better. Dr. Gachet kept an eye on him after his release. That didn't do much help though because two months later it is believed that he shot himself and died two days later on July 29 1890.
Most Famous Pieces Starry Night is one of his most famous pieces of art. It is also one of the most well known pieces of modern art and also one of the most replicated. Vincent van Gogh painted this piece when he was in an asylum in Saint-Remy in France The painting is suppose to be the view from his window while he was there. The painting just seems to pull people in by the swirling brush strokes, the bright stars with their own luminescence, and the calm sleeping village. This isn't the only starry night that he did, though. He actually painted another before Starry Night in Arles in 1888 called Starry Night Over The Rhone and he was pretty proud of this piece once it was done. It too has a lot of the same qualities of Starry Night but it has one final aspect not shown in Starry Night. It has a couple walking together along the river giving it a special feel to the work.
The Cafe Terrace at Night is another one of his paintings he did in Arles. its a different perspective of the sky from a town where you don’t see the great luminescence from the stars but you see the life of the town at night. The Sunflowers is a painting he did in August when he saw a bunch of sunflowers. He wanted to catch all of their beauty and he wanted a series of them for the room where Paul Gauguin (another post-impressionist) would stay when he arrived in Arles. He wanted to do 12 paintings of them. He worked on the flowers every day because they wilted so fast. In the end he had only gotten four of them done, but he only felt two of them were good enough to hang in the room.
Significance in France
In France, March of 1886, Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris while working with a firm of art dealers. His brother, Theo, lived and worked in Paris as an art dealer. It was then he discovered the French Impressionists. Van Gogh was inspired by these artists. He moved south of France and began painting with bright colors. He created his well-known masterpiece, Sunflowers.
He, along with a few others, made a difference in art in France. He impacted the way art was created and is created today.
Art Movement
Vincent van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter. He brought to life what we know as impressionism along with a few other famous painters. Van Gogh was not only an impressionist painter, but he was also an expressionist. The different colors he used depended on the mood he was in. If he was depressed he would use colors like blue and other dark colors. This is what made him stand out as an impressionist.
The post-Impressionist art movement was a development of art, mainly in France. Impressionism is a form of art in which a painting is hard to see up close, but as you step a little further away it all comes together to create a beautiful picture. Artists were no longer satisfied with realism and all of the different styles repeated over centuries. They decided it was time for something new, starting with the famous artist Manet. But on March of 1886, Van Gogh arrived in France and discovered the French Impressionists. He was inspired and began working with bright colors, and created many oil paintings. As time passed, so did Van Gogh. Many of his paintings have been replicated and all that were found are now in museums.
Impact
His artwork is still altering the way we look at beauty, individuality and the style of art we use. Van Gogh has impacted people all over to paint and draw because of his unique life.People still try to mimic his style of art to this day, a style he created more than 100 years ago. His work is still impacting how artists paint almost 115 years later. Even though Van Gogh is considered a genius now, he was a failure while he lived, he sold very few painting during his lifetime and was recognized as anything other than a lonely madman.
Even though Vincent van Gogh was mentally ill and partly insane he still had a huge impact on this world and still does to this day. He has created some of the greatest masterpieces of his time even if they weren’t famous then. They are some of the most copied and inspiring paintings of our day today. He has had tons of hardships through his life and has still been able to change this world in a huge way. Just think how greatly you could change the world today by something as little as what he has done with art.
Everyone is familiar with the famous, yet mad, artist, Vincent van Gogh. Although he was born in Netherlands, he was very important to France. He suffered from many mental illnesses most of his life and died a suicidal death, but during his life span he created beautiful masterpieces, was part of an art movement and has made a huge impact on the way we view art today.
Biography
Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus gave birth to Vincent Willem van Gogh March 30th, 1853, exactly one year after a stillborn. Many say that being named after his dead brother, and being the replacement son, had a lot to do with his mental illness. He was born in Zundert, Netherlands. He had five siblings:Theo, Wil, Cornelis, Anna, and Elisabeth. Gogh was extremely emotional and lacked self confidence. He worked as a clerk at a bookstore and an art salesman. He was also a preacher in Belgium until he was dismissed for being overzealous. He stayed in Belgium to study art. He joined his brother,Theo, in Paris, France. There his style became lighter, but his health became worse. He and a friend, Gauguin, left to Arles. Gauguin soon left because Gogh tried to attack him with a razor. He failed and ended up cutting off a part of his earlobe. After that incident, Gogh became lucidic and mad and was put into Saint-Remy’s asylum for treatment.Death
He was let out of the asylum after he seemed so much better. Dr. Gachet kept an eye on him after his release. That didn't do much help though because two months later it is believed that he shot himself and died two days later on July 29 1890.
Most Famous Pieces
Starry Night is one of his most famous pieces of art. It is also one of the most well known pieces of modern art and also one of the most replicated. Vincent van Gogh painted this piece when he was in an asylum in Saint-Remy in France The painting is suppose to be the view from his window while he was there. The painting just seems to pull people in by the swirling brush strokes, the bright stars with their own luminescence, and the calm sleeping village. This isn't the only starry night that he did, though. He actually painted another before Starry Night in Arles in 1888 called Starry Night Over The Rhone and he was pretty proud of this piece once it was done. It too has a lot of the same qualities of Starry Night but it has one final aspect not shown in Starry Night. It has a couple walking together along the river giving it a special feel to the work.
The Cafe Terrace at Night is another one of his paintings he did in Arles. its a different perspective of the sky from a town where you don’t see the great luminescence from the stars but you see the life of the town at night.
The Sunflowers is a painting he did in August when he saw a bunch of sunflowers. He wanted to catch all of their beauty and he wanted a series of them for the room where Paul Gauguin (another post-impressionist) would stay when he arrived in Arles. He wanted to do 12 paintings of them. He worked on the flowers every day because they wilted so fast. In the end he had only gotten four of them done, but he only felt two of them were good enough to hang in the room.
Significance in France
In France, March of 1886, Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris while working with a firm of art dealers. His brother, Theo, lived and worked in Paris as an art dealer. It was then he discovered the French Impressionists. Van Gogh was inspired by these artists. He moved south of France and began painting with bright colors. He created his well-known masterpiece, Sunflowers.He, along with a few others, made a difference in art in France. He impacted the way art was created and is created today.
Art Movement
Vincent van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter. He brought to life what we know as impressionism along with a few other famous painters. Van Gogh was not only an impressionist painter, but he was also an expressionist. The different colors he used depended on the mood he was in. If he was depressed he would use colors like blue and other dark colors. This is what made him stand out as an impressionist.The post-Impressionist art movement was a development of art, mainly in France. Impressionism is a form of art in which a painting is hard to see up close, but as you step a little further away it all comes together to create a beautiful picture. Artists were no longer satisfied with realism and all of the different styles repeated over centuries. They decided it was time for something new, starting with the famous artist Manet. But on March of 1886, Van Gogh arrived in France and discovered the French Impressionists. He was inspired and began working with bright colors, and created many oil paintings. As time passed, so did Van Gogh. Many of his paintings have been replicated and all that were found are now in museums.
Impact
His artwork is still altering the way we look at beauty, individuality and the style of art we use. Van Gogh has impacted people all over to paint and draw because of his unique life.People still try to mimic his style of art to this day, a style he created more than 100 years ago. His work is still impacting how artists paint almost 115 years later. Even though Van Gogh is considered a genius now, he was a failure while he lived, he sold very few painting during his lifetime and was recognized as anything other than a lonely madman.Even though Vincent van Gogh was mentally ill and partly insane he still had a huge impact on this world and still does to this day. He has created some of the greatest masterpieces of his time even if they weren’t famous then. They are some of the most copied and inspiring paintings of our day today. He has had tons of hardships through his life and has still been able to change this world in a huge way. Just think how greatly you could change the world today by something as little as what he has done with art.
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