Theo van Gogh

a creator that are witnessed in Van Gogh’s life. Van Gogh “was born in Groot-Zondert, Holland on March 30, 1853” (Impact, the Net.). He had many jobs before becoming an artist, which included a clerk, art salesman, and preacher. From around 1888 to current, since his paintings are sought after to this day Vincent Van Gogh is considered one of the famous painters of his time. He only sold one painting when he was alive, but today his paintings are famous. Van Gogh was sent to the Saint-Remy…

Starry Night was painted by a post-impressionist 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…

Mrs. Pendo 12/6/14 Self-Portrait Vincent Van Gogh Creating 30 self portraits between the years 1886 and 1889 put Vincent Van Gogh as one of the most successful self-portraitists of all time. Van Gogh was using portrait painting as a method of introspection trying to discover his own mind, as a way to make money for himself and a method of developing his skills to become one of the greatest artists to ever live. Through painting The Straw Hat Portrait Van Gogh was trying to develop his skills as…

Van Gogh created many self-portraits over his short career but this one takes place in January of 1889, shortly after van Gogh cut off part of his own ear. It is uncertain why he did this to himself but it may be due to his mental issues and an argument with fellow painter Gauguin. Gauguin had been living and working with van Gogh in the Yellow House but left in late December 1888, around the time of this incident (Courtauld). It is believed that van Gogh gave the piece of his ear that he cut…

many aspects that are seen in Van Gogh. Van Gogh was a famous painter from about 1888 to current, seeing as his paintings are still sought after to this very day. He was also famous for cutting off his own ear. Through his letters to his brother Theo he has given us a look into his life, in addition we see the pain and suffering, as well as the joy he went through from day to day. In the Hayakawa essay he named numerous aspects of a creator which you will see Van Gogh follows a number of these…

Vincent van Gogh once said, “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process” (“Vincent Van Gogh, and His Paintings”). The only thing a lot of people know about Vincent is that he truly did lose his mind and that he cut his own earlobe off. They don’t know anything about his work or his history. Vincent was a unique and unusual man, yet he truly was an artistic genius. Like so many, though, this wasn’t realized until after he had already passed. The oldest of six…

Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter who developed his works of art as a Post-Impressionist painter. He was a well known for his Western Art work; within a decade Van Gogh created around 2000 paintings that included landscapes, self-portraits, and still lives. When painting his famous artwork he used bold colors that were prominent in all of his artwork. Theses colors were always symbolic and dramatic. Van Gogh was a very closed man, meaning he loved to paint but he had no…

artists of his time – painters like Gauguin, Bernard, and Toulouse-Lautrec. He was using more color, applying the paint with thick, bold brushstrokes, and painted all that surrounded him. Van Gogh arranged to show his work, to positive reviews, but was still unable to sell any pieces. Vincent lived in Paris wit Theo in his apartment for two years. Vincent always had ambition to draw and paint figures, in 1884 he began working on mastering weathered hands, heads and other anatomical features of…

Night Cafe Who was Vincent Van Gogh? And why the night cafe is one of his masterpiece and most famous painting? In the Modernist world there were so many fabulous and famous paintings but in this essay I want to focus in Vincent Gogh.Vincent Gogh was born on March 30 of 1853 in Netherland. He studied paintings while living in Paris in 1886. He was a Dutch artist whose work had a far reaching influence on 20th-century art. He never married he declared his love to Eugénie Loyer, but she reject…

Van Gogh has suffered through many things but still believed in himself that he would make it through and sell his paintings that he thought inspired the world around him. These two characteristics, abundant and enthusiasm helped him begin on how to be an artist. Also he switched from place to place and carried his work and confidence in his mind. His mental health and body damage helped him reveal some masterpieces that he thought weren’t that good and . Van Gogh went through so many things…