Historical and Contextual Influences in Art & Design Impressionism and Post Impressionism Impressionism was the most significant art movement of the nineteenth century‚ giving modern artist inspiration in their own work today. The name impressionism itself comes from a painting called ‘Impression Sunrise’ by Claude Monet who had the influence of Japanese art forms. The start of the impressionism was considered to be at 1863. However‚ was not recognise and exhibited till 1874. The main group
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Wyatt A. Pipkin Professor Jennifer J. Chase Hum2250 28 February 2016 DO YOU EVEN VAN GOGH‚ BRO? Pipkin 1 On July 27th 1890 Vincent Van Gogh died a fairly young man‚ completely crazy and lost in his own mind. I want to dive deeper into the life of this brilliant‚ yet completely crazy man‚ who has produced more than 2‚100 artworks‚ made up of some
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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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“I put my heart and soul into my work‚ and I have lost my mind in the process.” - Vincent Van Gogh. A man who is known for his passion of painting but battled a fight of mental illness which ended up causing the end of his short artistic career. Van Gogh is considered one of the most fantastic painters of his time‚ though his work had not become popular until the 20th century. He has created over 1‚000 watercolors‚ drawings‚ sketches and produced over 1‚250 paintings in his last ten years of his
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Vincent Van Gogh‚ one of the most well-known post-impressionist artists‚ for whom color was the chief symbol of expression. He was born in Groot-Zundert‚ Holland on March 30‚ 1853.Between November of 1881 and July of 1890‚ Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death‚ he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life‚ the aftermath of his work is enormous. Van Gogh’s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of
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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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On March 30‚1853 in Groot Zundert‚ Netherlands a legendary artist who will forever change art is born;his name is Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh lived a tragic life facing many struggles and several triumphs‚but he will always be remembered in history for being one of the most inspirational artists. Growing up Van Gogh’s family was fairly big:his family consisted of his parents‚three sisters‚two brothers‚ and of course Van Gogh himself. Van Gogh was also a troubled child‚ however‚ he noticeably was attached
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His search ended up discovering the art of Pointillism‚ a painting style which shows colors the way they really are. He strived for something new as he once said‚ “Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.”Colors blend in so harmoniously‚ and they do not mix and get dulled with each other. For a while‚ people would argue over Seurat’s style; some people thought of Pointillism as an effortless work of art‚ and other art enthusiasts
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Georges Seurat’s painting‚ The Circus‚ was created in 1891. This painting was done in the medium oil on canvas in the style of Pointillism. When looking at Seurat’s painting‚ you are shown a small scene of a circus from the perspective of a circus performer. At first glance‚ you first see a jester then you are quickly drawn to the focal point‚ a dancer on top of a white horse. This painting was left unfinished due to the artist’s death. Georges Seurat’s The Circus is composed of a variety of implied
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artist. I have never seen an artist who has the patience and delicacy to place these dots on a canvas‚ sometimes smaller than a crumb‚ to create a work of art. George Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter who drew in a style called pointillism. Pointillism is “the theory or practice in art of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they blend together.” (Merriam-webster.com) This style of painting is consistent with his other works through this time period
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