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    Vincent Van Gogh- Irises- 1889 Irises-1889 Vincent Van Gogh J-Paul Getty Museum Oil Pint During Van Goghs stay in the asylum at Saint- Remy‚ he devoted himself entirely to his artwork calling it the ’lightening conductor for his illness’ he believed that painting was the only thing that kept him from loosing his sanity. His painting ’the irises’ was the first completed work in the asylum‚ which differes from his later pieces as it does not show traces of tension and bad mood

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    In the painting The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh you see a dark blue sky filled with enormous stars swirling throughout it imposing an immediate sense of peacefulness. The small town underneath is dark and even looks to be at rest. The stars are so bright and the moon seems to just pop out almost as if it were right in front of you. It even seems to shine some sort of life into a gigantic dead tree stump protruding into the sky. It seems as if the only movement at all is the spiraling light emanating

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    Van Gogh and The Representation of Happiness Through His Own Bedroom Vincent Van Gogh‚ Bedroom in Arles‚ 1889‚ Oil on canvas‚ currently at the De Young Museum (San Francisco)‚ “Van Gogh‚ Gauguin‚ Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay”Exhibition. On a smaller canvas than two other similar paintings‚ Vincent Van Gogh carefully painted for the third time his bedroom in Arles‚ a charming town in the south of France‚ and thus created this approximately 22

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    Nicole Brittingham March 11‚ 2013 ART 101-04 Analysis assignment * Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh * This painting was made in 1889 during the postimpressionism era. * Starry Night is about 29”x36” and is made from using oil as a medium on a canvas. * This painting can be categorized as modern art. * Formal analysis * Within the composition of this painting‚ there is a peaceful village in the foreground and a dramatic night sky in our main viewpoint. There is a church

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    For my altoid tin shrine I choose to research Vincent Van Gogh. I was inspired to do my tin shrine on him because his artwork inspires me and I feel as if I relate to it. Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30‚ 1853 in Zundert Netherlands. He later died on July 29‚1890 in a city located in France. He attended Willem II College for two years and after some time passed he went to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Van Gogh completed more than 2‚100 pieces of work‚ consisting of 860 oil paintings‚ and more

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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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    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 1‚300 watercolors and 860 oil paintings(Vincent Van Gogh Biography‚ quotes &

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    Kaitlin Moreno The College of Mount Saint Vincent English 110 Professor Jessica Rogers October 29‚ 2014 Escaping Through Ourselves In 1888 Vincent Van Gogh painted Vincent’s Bed in Arles a brightly painted oil on canvas‚ measuring to 72x 90cm‚ this was of his little bedroom in France. When one thinks of a bedroom it brings about emotions of safety. One’s personal sanctuary where the world does not exist‚ no pains of reality can touch you. It seems when one closes their bedroom door all mundane

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    summer of 1881 Vincent Van Gogh asked for his cousin’s hand in marriage and was turned down. He was very insistent on seeing her and took action on this by holding his hand in a flame and holding up the words “Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame” (Wikipedia‚ Letter 193 from Vincent to Theo‚ The Hague‚ May 14‚ 1882). In 1885 Vincent’s father died (ArtBook: Van Gogh; A profound and tormented genius—his life in paintings‚ 1998). In December of 1888‚ Vincent Van Gogh had been

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    The Large Plain Trees by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889 when a street in Saint-Remy was being repaved. When we first look at this oil painting we see the large yellow trees which can help us identify that it must be fall but then as our eyes scan down we can see the white rubble‚ I initially thought this could have been snow‚ and the reflection of the trees in the puddles. Behind the trees we see people walking and the women wearing long dresses‚ what looks to be a horse and townhouses. We

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