Van Gogh Museum

Fauve paintings have a unique style, in the earlier Fauve canvases where color relates directly to emotional expression and not formal needs of the plane or reality of nature. Henri Matisse completed what is considered one of his greatest Fauve paintings in 1906, the Bonheur de Vivre which is the “Joy of Life”. Matisse’ work is said to represent similar qualities to Cezanne, for example they both create the landscape to function as a stage. Also, they both like to unify the figure and the…

The title of the painting is called “Lights of Other Days” .It was painted by John F. Peto in the year 1906. The painting was donated to the museum by the Goodman fund. Peto painted a vivid display of old rusted lanterns and candlesticks lay out on a long table. There are five old rustic lanterns ranging from glass to open metal style. Surrounding the lanterns are several brass, gold, and copper candlesticks. Several of candlesticks had half lit candles and others had no candles. The display…

Impressionists favored independent exhibitions, instead of government -controlled institution. Post Impressionism was the title bestowed upon the people who opposed the Impressionists. Camille Pissarro's The Goose Girl at Montfoutcault and Vincent Van Gogh's The Rocks are perfect comparisons of post-impressionists and impressionists. We will discuss the important figures of the two movements and each of their contributions before directly analyzing the two paintings.…

Botticelli does not only possess the ability to create various figures with distinct expressions and poses, but he is also able to give the illusion of space. This is seen as the ground appears to be tilted up, giving the spectator a sense that there is a firm ground placed below the feet of the figures. Nevertheless, despite painting the ground slightly tilted up, none of the figures cast shadow. This is done in order to emphasize the poetic nature of the painting while granting the…

The name of the work is The Hudson River School by Thomas Cole. It is a combination of Romanticism and Nationalism. It was made on the ground which is material that is used to support canvas or panel. The ground of this painting was consisted of a layer of underpaint in a white or tinted hue. The color of the ground unifies the artist's varied color palette. This work has a use of atmospheric perspective. By depicting the far away mountains as hazy and gray, the valuable tool of atmospheric…

Georges Seurat The creator of Pointillism was born December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. Seurat’s first introduction and art lesson were introduced by his uncle. In 1875 he began attending attending a local art school, and started his first formal art lessons under sculptor Justin Lequien. Then he started training under artist Henri Lehmann when he attended École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1878 to 1879. However, Seurat choose to leave the school and continue to study on his own. He was very…

The use of perspective in both Raphael’s The School of Athens and Asher Brown Durand’s Kindred Spirits emphasizes the different subjects of each painting and distinguishes between significant and detail oriented additions to the pieces. Although perspective is used to reach a common goal throughout both pieces, each artist relied upon contrasting approaches to the perspective in order to accentuate certain elements of their work. For example, Raphael applies the one-point perspective system to…

Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night Over the Rhone “I do not say that my work is good, but it 's the least bad that I can do. All the rest, relations with people is very secondary, because I have no talent for that. I can 't help it”(Editors 7). Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands and died on July 29, 1896 in Auvers-sur-Oise France. Van Gogh had two younger brothers, Theo Van Gogh and Cornelis Vincent Van Gogh. He also had three younger sisters Wil Van…

The earlier art period; Impressionism is a distinctive time in art history that took place from 1870-1890. Artists during this period focused on ordinary subjects and objects found in nature. They paid close attention to optical effects, and how the light reflected off their subjects during different times of the day. Painters during this period were known as “Impressionist’s”. Characteristics of Style An impressionist painting is identified by the characteristics of small, thin yet, visible…

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…