The Bedroom By Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh is known to be one of the most famous artists of all time. Born in 1853, in the in the Netherlands, in a small town called Groot-Zundert. It’s believed that he inherited his amzing artistic abilities from his mother, whom was an extremely talented woman known by the name of Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Many people know that Van Gogh had many psychological problems. His problems would begin at quite a young age he battled with this disability all throughout the course of his life, it can be revealed in many of his artworks. Vincent van Gogh’s battle with his psychological and emotional problems continued throughout the rest of his life, after he being diagnosed as a small child. Due to sickness created by these problem it would …show more content…
The colors that he uses could create an emotional response to the art, he did this because wanted the colors to make the viewer fully understand the concept of the specific piece. One technique van Gogh used a lot, was the dramatic use of lines to show different behaviors in his paintings. In his paining “The Bedroom”, Vincent uses both the technique of lines and the use of color to set a mood to the art work. He used strong vertical lines in “The Bedroom” to depict on the viewers that it was not a peaceful room, and by using diagonal lines on the the picture frames hanging on the wall and window to illustrate the room as being in a chaotic atmosphere. Van Gogh’s works of art all have a weird and almost absurd touch to them which makes him stand out from most artists during his …show more content…
Van Gogh would always be felling in love with women who’s lives he thought he could help or fix. He once fell in love with a widowed cousin but she wasn’t interested in him and soon after finding out he loved her she ran away. Later he would fell in love with a woman who was an alcoholic prostitute, he helped her become clean, but then became deeply depressed when began prostitution once again. For several weeks after this tragedy, he traveled around to different places painting the lands and its people. Like many other famous artists before him, Vincent van Gogh wouldn’t be recognized for his incredible art pieces or become famous until after his death in 1890. He is famous for his one of a kind signature painting techniques and his utterly unusual artistic background and life. And is still considered to be one of the most important painters in history and his artwork today can be sold for millions upon millions of dollars. Van Gogh’s emotional and psychological issues, although being the reason leading up to his suicide, was what inspired him create some of the world’s greatest pieces of

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