Van Gogh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His Life and his Work




· Van Gogh was born on the 30 March 1853, and died 29 July 1890; he was a Post-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin. Vincent was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, Van Gogh had had two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman.



· He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty. The works of his early Dutch period are somber-toned, sharply lit, genre paintings of which the most famous is "The Potato Eaters" in 1885. In that year Van Gogh went to Antwerp, where he discovered the works of Rubens and purchased many Japanese prints. He is mostly known for painting and drawing.



· Van Gogh studied with Cormon, inevitably met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette and to paint in the short brushstrokes of the Impressionists. His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with painting all day undermined his health.




· He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art. Gauguin did join him but with disastrous results. 
  In my opinion, I think that Van Gogh is a interesting artist that been in a lot of art exhibitions with his art work which made him more popular with his fantastic work.