Although Van Gogh only ever produced three copies of Japanese paintings, the Japanese influence on his art would be evident in subtle form throughout the rest of his life. 1887 in Paris marked another year in which Vincent evolved as an artist, but it also took its toll on him, both ...
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853-27 July 1890) was a famous Dutch painter of the late 19th century who painted much of his work in France. Van Gogh suffered from intense mental illness, (TV: Vincent and the Doctor) including anxiety and depression.
As Vincent van Gogh noted, “Art is long and life is short.” So take a couple of hours to immerse yourself in the life and works of Van Gogh when the new Exhibition On Screen film,Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing, screens in cinemas worldwide next week. Vincent v...
What if they’re created by renowned artists likeVincent van Gogh? TheNational Museum Cardiffhas decided to explore this question in a new exhibition, “Art of the Selfie.” The show is built around the Dutch painter’sPortrait of the Artist(1887), which is no...
Kandinsky Profile (Art History) 14 of 18 August Macke: Vegetable Fields From the Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism Exhibition August Macke (1887-1914), Vegetable Fields, 1911. Oil on canvas, 47.5 x 64 cm. Kunstmuseum Bonn. August Macke was a member of the Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue...
Vincent van Gogh,Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige), 1887, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Utagawa Hiroshige,Evening Shower at Atake and the Great Bridge, 1857, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ‘’All my work is based to some extent on Japanese art’’ wrote Vincent to...
In December the two artists visited Montpellier (in the Herault departement) and viewed works by Courbet and Delacroix in the Musee Fabre. However, their relationship was deteriorating. They quarreled about art. Van Gogh felt an increasing fear that Gauguin was going to desert him, and their rel...
colorful palette and thereby made a tremendously significant contribution to Van Gogh's art. His paintingPère Tanguy(1887; Niarchos Coll., Paris) was the first complete and successful work in his new colors. Impressed by the theories of Seurat and Signac, Van Gogh briefly adopted a pointillist...
When Van Gogh moved to Paris, he decided that he didn’t want to work in the art world anymore. He decided to study to become a clergyman like his father. He soon figured out that the religious life wasn’t for him, and he decided to become a painter like his brother Theo. However...
20th century Expressionism.Although he didn't start painting until the final 10 years of his life and filed to sell a single work during his lifetime,his paintings and drawings are now some of the world's best known works of modern art.Van Gogh is now one of the greatest m...