Vincent van Gogh
by Ashley C.
"The Starry Night" (oil paints on canvas. 1889)
Vincent van Gogh, being born on March 30.1853, lived in Groot-Zundest, was the son of a pastor and brought up religious. He was Dutch. Vincent was known to be highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. He was known to have found color as the chief symbol of expression. Vincent had had two unhappy romances during the time of 1960 and 1880 an had a few unsuccessful jobs working as a bookstore clerk, art salesman, and also as a preacher in Borinage. Also between 1860 & 1880, is when he became a artist. In 1886, he went to Paris, where his brother Théo was. The brothers first shared Theo's apartment Rue Laval on Montmartre. He studied with other artists such as Cormon, and Monet, he also began to lighten his dark palette and started to paint light short brush strokes of the Impressionists. Nervous temper made him a very difficult companion. Painting all day combined with night-long discussions undermined his health.
On Christmas Eve 1888, physically and emotionally exhausted, van Gogh snapped under the strain; after arguing with Gauguin, he cut off the lower half of his own left ear. Vincent was pretty much crazy, some saw him as lunatic. Don't get me wrong, he was a GREAT artist, but a little on the weirdo side! He was sent to an Asylum for a few years! He produced all of his work, some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known work was produced in the final two years of his life, and in the two months before his death he painted 90 pictures. He is considered the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt.
"The Starry Night" (oil paints on canvas. 1889)
Vincent van Gogh, being born on March 30.1853, lived in Groot-Zundest, was the son of a pastor and brought up religious. He was Dutch. Vincent was known to be highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. He was known to have found color as the chief symbol of expression. Vincent had had two unhappy romances during the time of 1960 and 1880 an had a few unsuccessful jobs working as a bookstore clerk, art salesman, and also as a preacher in Borinage. Also between 1860 & 1880, is when he became a artist. In 1886, he went to Paris, where his brother Théo was. The brothers first shared Theo's apartment Rue Laval on Montmartre. He studied with other artists such as Cormon, and Monet, he also began to lighten his dark palette and started to paint light short brush strokes of the Impressionists. Nervous temper made him a very difficult companion. Painting all day combined with night-long discussions undermined his health.
On Christmas Eve 1888, physically and emotionally exhausted, van Gogh snapped under the strain; after arguing with Gauguin, he cut off the lower half of his own left ear. Vincent was pretty much crazy, some saw him as lunatic. Don't get me wrong, he was a GREAT artist, but a little on the weirdo side! He was sent to an Asylum for a few years! He produced all of his work, some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known work was produced in the final two years of his life, and in the two months before his death he painted 90 pictures. He is considered the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt.
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