Modern art

painter Vincent Van Gogh in the late 19th century. It is one of Van Gogh’s best known paintings and it is hanged in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Van Gogh completed more than 2,100 works and he was notable for his beautiful and delicate paintings. The use of color, vehement brushwork and the silhouetted form of his work greatly influenced Expressionism in modern art. One of his greatest artwork, The Starry Night brought him to an opening of fame and glory and it is perhaps the most famous…

time I begin to write an essay for Intro to Visual Arts I always go back to “Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous piece of art.” Even though there are many works of art that I could write this essay about I chose to write this essay over “Starry Night” because I have a great understanding of this piece of art. In many of the “Starry Night” viewer’s eyes it is a beautiful piece of work, but in Vincent van Gogh’s eyes it is his worst piece of art. Van Gogh says the painting is not…

bodies. Since the period of Renaissance, the human body had been sacrosanct and was viewed with the most respect, a primary vehicle for artists to convey ideas and emotions. The Large Bathers Paul Cézanne Image retrieved from Philadelphia Museum of Art Comparing Bonheur de Vivre and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon to The Large Bathers Evidently, Cezanne had…

post-Impressionist painter and his art work is highly regarded. He died at the young age of 37 in 1890. There are two movies that feature the art work of Van Gogh “Lust for Life” and “Midnight in Paris”. These movies were Academy Award winners. As far as it is known, supposedly this artist sold only one painting in his lifetime. His most celebrated art work is “The Starry Night” and this painting became part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1941.…

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch artist born March 30, 1853 who moved to France at the age of 27 and became influenced by Impressionist art. Van Gogh’s work has immense emotion and color that helped influence art of the 20th century modern art; however he only sold one painting during his lifetime. Unfortunately, the renowned artist suffered from mental illness and spent most of his time agonizing at an asylum in Saint Remy, France where he painted portraits to convey his emotional and spiritual…

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90), the Post-Impressionist artist, is one of the most famous of all modern Dutch Painters, but his emotional and disturbed characteristics sometimes overshadows his work. To fully comprehend the remarkable impact of Vincent Van Gogh has had on art history and our culture, it is important first to examine the artistic and cultural environment in which Van Gogh was acquainted. Van Gogh’s religion was central in shaping both the images he painted and the artistic techniques…

Rijana Radoncic Kingsborough Community College Art 3100 Descriptive Paper November 12th 2015 Vincent Van Gough is known for his very famous oil on canvas still life landscape painting “The Starry Night”, created in 1889, which can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art. Vincent Van Gough was an expressionist painter, and “The Starry Night” is definitely an example of the expressionist time period, which was known for exaggerating aspects of the form in a painting to attract emotions rather than…

van Gogh and his mother was Anna Cornelia Carbentus, who also was an artist. When Van Gosh reached the age of 15 his family struggled finically, because of this Vincent was made to leave school and get a job. His first job was at his Uncle Cornelis' art dealership, Goupil & Cie. Van Gogh could speak, English, French, German, and Dutch. He transferred to Groupil Gallery in London. While there, he fell in love with a lady with the name of, Eugenie Loyer. After she denied his proposal to marry him,…

Tooba Malik Les Orangers ART 01, Art Appreciation 24 October 2017 Les Orangers The Orange Trees a painting by French impressionist Gustave Caillebotte is part of a collection donated to the museum Of fine arts, Houston. The picture portrays a daytime scene; this canvas was painted in Yerres in 1878. The person sitting in the shade of the orange trees with his back towards the viewer is Caillebotte sibling Martial and standing at one of the garden planters is his cousin Zoé, you can see them…

during the Modern Art period, Chuck Close created a 100 x 84 in. painting called Lucas I. It depicts fellow artist Lucas Samarasdepicts. The elements of design in this piece are color and shape. Up close the color in this painting is very different than if you were looking at it from a distance. From the look of the man’s face and the overall color and impression that it gives me, it gives a neutral or slight serious feeling to it. The colors are dark and cool and a color in the piece of art…