Vincent Willem van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh

   Born on the 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890 was a Dutch post impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold colour, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.
In 1885, he painted the potatoes easters. Hishis palette at that time consisted mainly of somber earth tones and showed no sign of the vivid colour mixtures that he uses in his later works.
   later on he discovered the french impressionists in paris,1886. His work became brighter in colour, and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style that became fully realized in 1888
"According to art critic Robert Hughes, van Gogh's late works show an artist at the height of his ability, completely in control and "longing for concision and grace"."


My oppinion:
His works are inspirational and full of life. The bright colours he uses. The tiny small brush strokes which highlights the details. I have made several paintings which I was inspired by flowers in thailand.I used van Gough's techniques with palette knifs.The work came out abstract yet full with detail and tones.

His paintings express the feelings well. Earlier in his life, when he was in paris.He created a few paintings which were dark and in a tone of blue. The reason for this was when he was painting these paintings he was having financial problems because he did not have the money to feed his family.

The colours he uses shows what he is trying to communicate. The blue and the velvet colours show his busy mind and empty soul within him. He was trying to communicate to us, as an audience.

His influence is also when he went to japan.He got influenced by many Japanese artists especially Haroshima.His works became more delicate to the eyes. Paintings full of Sakura and Japanese scenaries.One of his paintings he painted in France (field with small houses) had the Fuji Mountain at the back, personally I think while he was painting this scenery in France, He was thinking about Japan and where he was. It feels like he misses the place and wants to go back.