Mary Sonifrank
Art project Mrs. Taylor
Bio
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands and he died July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France. He had a very tragic life and was famous after his death.
History
Ten years before his death Van Gogh decided to be a painter, fully conscious of the sacrifices this decision would require of him. His early work, the Dutch period of 1880–85, consists of dark greenish-brown, heavily painted studies of peasants and miners, e.g., The Potato Eaters (1885; Van Gogh Mus., Amsterdam). He copied the work of Millet, whose idealization of the rural poor he admired. In 1886 he joined Théo in Paris, where he met the foremost French painters of the postimpressionist period. The kindly Pissarro convinced him to adopt a colorful palette and thereby made a tremendously significant contribution to Van Gogh's art. His painting Père 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 style.
Citation
"Van Gogh, Vincent." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia™, Columbia University Press, 2017. Research in Context, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=MSIC&sw=w&u=va0072_remote&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA69233284&it=r&asid=f4cec34777de38a4866c949b10d84309. Accessed 9 May 2017.
art
Starry Night
1889. Oil on Cavas, 29 x 36 x 1/4" (73.7 x 92.1 cm)
Location: Modern Museum of Art New York City
citation
Van Gogh, Vincent. Starry Night. 1889. Oil. Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Art
Sunflowers
He painted this to decorate a room at the "Yellow House".
Wheat Field with Crows
This was Van Gogh's last painting
Cafe Terrace on the Place de Forum
First Scene he painted when he was in Arles and first one with a night background.