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    precious the possession is. That could happen in the past and perhaps it is happening today somewhere; we will know only later. Vincent van Gogh was such a talent. He left a precious heritage for us all-his paintings. More than a century has passed since he gave our world one of his masterpieces, The Starry Night. He painted it in Saint Remy, France in June 1889. Gogh, as every other artist, is a product of his time. A time when the style of neo-impressionism flourished and the primary medium…

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    Vincent van Gogh This quote means that passion is something he would rather do that be bored. Art is both Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet’s passion. Vincent van Gogh lived a rough life struggling with finances and mental disabilities. Although Vincent van Gogh had these disabilities he was very dedicated to creating art. Vincent van Gogh struggled with selling his art while living, but, he keeps on painting because art was his passion. Claude Monet’s life was very different from Vincent van…

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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…

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    Van Gogh felt lonely, and soon after he became depressed. Van Gogh became so depressed that his brother, Theo, sent a fellow painter named Paul Gauguin to take care of Van Gogh. It was not even a month later when Van Gogh and Paul began to argue and so Paul turned to leave and Van Gogh followed, Paul turned to Van Gogh only to see him hold up a razor and cut off his ear Van Gogh was then hospitalized for eighteen days for all of the blood that he lost, when Van Gogh got out of the…

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    Your Name Professor Name Subject Name 04 September 20XX Vincent van Gogh as a Mad Genius Vincent van Gogh is celebrated as one of the most influential Western artists in history, but he is also one of the most complex. Born in the mid 1800s in the Netherlands, van Gogh spent the first portion of his life intent on studying theology but turned to art only a decade or so before his death. While he created over two thousand pieces of artwork that are revered today, he was not considered a famous…

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    see and be seen by their fellow Parisians. Painting en plein air, the Impressionists aimed to capture these fleeting moments through rapid, loose brushstrokes which saw a complete revolution in pictorial technique. Having lived in Paris, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Cézanne were actively involved with the Impressionist…

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    Vincent van Gogh painted over eight hundred paintings in less than ten years. He lived from 1853-1890 only spending the last ten years of his life painting. Gogh’s most commonly used style was impasto, thickly used oil paints on stretched canvases allowing the movement, and texture to be visually seen. Each one of his pieces of work had a unique meaning behind it. People believe after his father 's death Gogh’s art talents were unbound due to his technique, and talents changing miraculously. He…

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    Jackson Pollock, and Vincent Van Gogh. Those suffering from mental illness think very differently than those without. This could be the reasoning for why these artists have created works that are so unique from others at the time and have been deemed as masterpieces. Also forming art could have been their only way in dealing with the struggles of their life. It was a form of release. It was a way for them to reflect on their past, and to…

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    The most well-known Post-Impressionist painter, Vincent van Gogh, paints most of his paintings when he is in an asylum. As absurd as it seems, van Gogh paints his most known painting, Starry Night, in a mental hospital (Harmon). From the fact that he lives in a mental hospital, people deduce that van Gogh does not have the happiest life. He is often depressed and does not know how to express himself. However, he finds freedom in painting. He paints many different subjects during his life time…

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    lost my mind in the process.” This is one of many quotes made by Vincent Van Gogh, a famous artist from the 1800’s. He loved to paint, he believed painting and being an artist was his destiny; his calling. But sadly, he developed many mental and a few physical problems while fulfilling his destiny, thus why he lost his mind. But, he was not completely alone when these disorders happened, he had his brother, Theo, to help him. Theo encouraged Vincent’s painting. He tried to sell Vincent’s…

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