Introduction
Art is a tool of personal expression. It allows individuals to manifest ideas, imagination, and life experiences onto a canvas. The artist paints to relieve an emotion or portray a concept. Although much of the artist's intention can be revealed through analysing symbolism and technique, by delving under the surface and connecting events of the artist’s life to smaller aspects of the painting, one is able to understand more about the artist mental state.
Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van Gogh are two uniquely and tremendously influential modern artists. Both individual’s works have enthralled me from my first experiences with art in elementary school. Kahlo and Van Gogh share the similarity of having had a life full of struggles however,
Art is a tool of personal expression. It allows individuals to manifest ideas, imagination, and life experiences onto a canvas. The artist paints to relieve an emotion or portray a concept. Although much of the artist's intention can be revealed through analysing symbolism and technique, by delving under the surface and connecting events of the artist’s life to smaller aspects of the painting, one is able to understand more about the artist mental state.
Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van Gogh are two uniquely and tremendously influential modern artists. Both individual’s works have enthralled me from my first experiences with art in elementary school. Kahlo and Van Gogh share the similarity of having had a life full of struggles however,