Comparative Essay of Van Gogh and Margaret Olley (Image 1) Olley’s Poppies and checkered cloth (Image 2) Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (Image 3) Van Gogh’s Vine Yards Margaret Olley and Van Gogh are two of the most well-known impressionists of their time. With more than a century between their eras‚ they both played significant roles in the progressing development of art today. Similarly painting still life’s and portraits‚ they also used the same media types
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Vincent Van Gogh’s strength as an artist comes from both the relationships with the people that he is close with and the connection that he has to the common man as shown in his many paintings of friends‚ family‚ and strangers‚ and the techniques that he has incorporated into them‚ learned from his many artist acquaintances. When Van Gogh focused on average workers in his early career‚ his drawings represented a side of humanity that no other painter was quite able to achieve. He was born on March
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Willem Van Gogh was born 30th March 1853 in Zudert‚ Netherlands. He is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt ( known for his Baroque style painting )‚ though he had little success during his life time‚ Van Gogh produced all of his work (some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings ) during a period of 10 years before he succumbed to mental illness ( possible bipolar disorder) and committed suicide. His fame grew rapidly after his death especially following a showing of van Gogh’s
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September 9‚ 2012 “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night” was created by Vincent Van Gogh. It is one of the most popular paintings‚ also being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. The “Starry Night” was painted in 1889. The painting is oil on canvas and is 29 x 36 1/4". It is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City‚ New York. The painting is of the night sky‚ with clouds swirling‚ the stars shining bright‚ a crescent moon glowing above‚ a sleeping town below
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Vincent Van Gogh‚ genius or madman? ‘The connection between genius and mental illness is paradoxically both clearer and murkier than that between genius and high intelligence.’ (Published on March 31‚ 2011‚ Andrew Robinson) Van Gogh‚ possibly the most famous example of a known genius who beared the title of a mentally ill individual‚ had severe depression‚ inflicted serious injury on his own earlobe in the year of 1888‚ admitted himself to a mental facility‚ and shot himself in 1890‚ yet he is one
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palette blue and grey‚ look out on a summer’s day‚ with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.” (Don MacLean) I chose to write about the painting‚ The Starry Night by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted the view outside his sanitarium room window located in southern France at night. But Van Gogh painted it from memory during the day. I feel that this painting has Asymmetrical Balance. From our handouts – “In this case balance is achieved with dissimilar objects that have equal visual
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In this artwork by van Gogh‚ which is‚ called starry night. What is happening in this paining is that it is a view from the east-facing window of his asylum‚ room which looks like a big tower just before sunrise with the a small village below‚ what I can also see in this painting is that it is midnight and the sky had different kinds of blue in the sky from dark blue to a light blue in the sky‚ one moon and eleven stars and there are lines around the moon and the sky which is showing the they are
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Analysis of “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent Van Gogh In 1883‚ after leaving his wife Sien and his children Vincent Van Gogh headed to Nuenen. Coming off a disturbing part of his life‚ which included the break up with his ex-wife with several issues and suffering from gonorrhea‚ he was having a considerably difficult time. In Nuenen‚ Van Gogh started to devote himself to drawing‚ and started to gain attachment and sympathy
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06/21/2013 W6A1 Case Study of Vincent van Gogh For this paper I chose Vincent van Gogh as my artist. He is one of the more interesting artists I have researched. I had a multitude of different artists that I was contemplating on using. In the end Starry Night managed to capture my attention the most. He had a very unique way of painting. It was very much so different than most of the others that I observed. Vincent Willem van Gogh‚ or simply know as Vincent van Gogh‚ was born on March 30‚ 1853. His
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Vincent Van Gogh The Bold Painter The beautiful painting‚ Starry Night is the most popular‚ well known‚ and one of my favorite paintings of Vincent Van Gogh(1853-1890). Some of the other famous paintings of his are Sunflowers‚ Irises‚ and The Potato Eaters. Van Gogh had always said; “There are two ways of thinking about painting‚ how not to do it and how to do it: how to do it - with much drawing and little colour; how not to do it - with much colour and little drawing.”(http://www.vangoghgallery
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