The Starry Night By Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh battled with psychological and emotional problems beginning at a very young age in his life which eventually led to suicide at the age of 37. Exactly one year before he was born, his mother gave birth to a stillborn child with the same name. Growing up having to see his name and birthday on a headstone caused some real emotional distress is the young artist’s life. Van Gogh had his first mental breakdown after the woman he loved refused to marry him. Afterwards he devoted himself to God and dabbled in ministry for a little while until he refused to take the entrance exams into priesthood because he didn’t like the latin language, and forced to find a new occupation away from preaching. That is when he took up art as a profession. His brother, Theo, sponsored him as he was getting started.

Post-Impressionists left behind the Impressionist doctrine of truth to nature. Rather, they chose “in favor of restless feeling and intense color, as in this highly charged picture, van Gogh made his work a touchstone for all subsequent Expressionist painting” (WikiArt, 2016). Vincent Van Gogh’s, The Starry Night, is Post-Impressionism oil painting on canvas. He created it in 1889, during the time he was committed to the mental asylum in Saint-Rémy, France.

In the fall of 1880, van Gogh decided to move to Brussels and become and become an artist, his art helped him stay emotionally balanced and continued to develop his first masterpiece the “Potato Eaters”. His brother Theo had said that his artwork would not be well- received and van Gogh appeared at Theo’s house uninvited in Paris but Theo welcomed his brother. In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh had moved into “little yellow house” and spent money on paint rather than food, he had been living on coffee, bread and absinthe. He had been feeling unwell and very strange, it had become evident that he was suffering physical illness, his psychological health was failing; around this time he had discovered that he had sipped turpentine and had eaten paint. Theo was very concerned about van Gogh and had offered Paul Gauguin money to supervise van Gogh in Arles, within a month van Gogh and Gauguin were frequently arguing which lead to Gauguin to walk out one night. Van Gogh had followed him and when Gauguin had turned around he saw van Gogh with a razor in his hand, hours later van Gogh went to the local brothel

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist artist who lived from 1853 to 1890. Van Gogh’s work includes over 2,100 artworks, that includes prints, sketches, drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings. Van Gogh was misunderstood and not appreciated during his lifetime but has become one of the most famous painters in history after his death in 1890. He only sold one painting during his life. His art has since captivated millions of people from art enthusiasts to amateurs. Van Gogh had an extremely sad life and many mental breakdown it is believed that he, on July 27, 1890, shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He did not die immediately and was able to go home but died two days later from the infection caused by the gunshot at the age of 37.

Vincent van Gogh’s is known for his imaginative and creative paintings, which speak volumes about his talent and mental illness. Although there are many hypotheses

Vincent Van Gogh was a great dutch painter who had mental illness. Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born March, 30 1853, exactly one year after his parents first son who was also named Vincent who died at birth. He was born in Groot Zundert and as a child, around the age of 14 he received his first job at a store. It was a painting store for people to buy exquisite art. Later in his life he met a woman named Eugieni Loyer who was his landlord's daughter. When he asked for her hand

The Article was last updated March 2010. Information was also found on The Vincent van Gogh gallery website at vggallary.com, it was written and published by David Brooks and last updated 24 February 2016). Vincent van Gogh had a short career of only 10 years. Being born in 1853 he did not start painting until he was 27. Van Gogh shot himself 10 years after starting his career. In those 10 years van Gogh created more than 2,000 pieces of art. The first two years of van Gogh’s career he was self taught and learned by copying other artists work. He later moved to Paris, then the Netherlands, Belgium, and back to France. During these years van Gogh experimented with many different themes in his art. He started with copying prints and then progressed to landscapes. During the winter of 1884 he painted a series of present life. Van Gogh is most know for his still life portraits and his nature portraits which he composed while in Arles, France. It is here that he had a mental breakdown and was hospitalized for slicing his ear. After recovering van Gogh continued to paint and even used the term “sung a lullaby with color” when describing his paintings. Color was a main factor in all of van Gogh’s work and important to him as he believed that one should learn to paint in black and white before moving on to color. For this lesson students will focus on van Gogh’s use of colors throughout his career. Van Gogh was very good at using complimentary colors to make objects and scenes stand out.

Vincent van Gogh lived a short, but interesting life. He tried his hand at many jobs, that he inevitably failed at before becoming an artist at the age of 27. His art career only lasted about ten years, because at the age of 37 he committed suicide. When he died he had only sold one painting and lived in poverty. He was supported by his brother Theo van Gogh who died 6 months after Vincent’s death from general paresis, which is, according to US National Library of Medicine, is a problem with mental function due to damage to the brain from untreated syphilis. Theo was only

In Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night there are many aspects of the artwork that are symbolic of Van Gogh’s life struggles. It is easy for the viewer to assume that the aspects of Starry Night represent van Gogh’s time in the asylum, however, not all aspects represent his insanity and isolation. Starry Night is van Gogh’s representation of his biography inspired by his loss of faith, which can be seen and supported by the symbols of the church and the stars.

Van Gogh’s life experience and biography influenced his art because when times were tough in his life or when he was feeling lost, painting was the one thing he not only knew how to do, but wanted to do as well. From the time he was a teenager to his last few years alive, Van Gogh Van Gogh’s knew that painting was what he wanted to do in his life, no matter the circumstances. He used it as a career in his young age and therapeutically in during his last few years, after cutting off a portion of his ear and committing himself to a hospital for the insane. But, it was also his brother, Theo that influenced his painting career as well. Because he had earned such a substantial living for himself, Theo often provided Van Gogh with money and art

-what makes him different than the rest of the other artist in his time is how he uses more emotions and human faces in his paintings

Vincent Willem van Gogh born March 30, 1853. was a post-impressionist painter whose work, notable for its beauty, emotion and color, highly influenced 20th-century art. He had a psychological disorder, and remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life. Van Gogh died in France at age 37 on July 29, 1890, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He pursued many other things in his life before deciding to become an artist. He was brought up in a religious atmosphere, being the son of a preacher. He was a preacher himself for a while in Borinage, a mining district in Belgium. At one point he wanted to dedicate his life to reaching out to those in poverty. At other points in his life he worked as an art salesman and a bookstore clerk. After being dismissed from preaching in Belgium, he remained there and began to study art. This period, his early Dutch period, was characterized by somber tones and sharp lighting. The most famous painting to come from this period was in 1885 and was called “The Potato Eaters”. In 1886, he joined his brother Theo in Paris. He was involved in the art world as well, as a manager of Goupil’s gallery. Van Gogh began to study with Cormon and his dark somber palette began to lighten. He started using short brush strokes and was leaning more towards the Impressionist style (Vincent Van Gogh Bio). Van Gogh had a dream of establishing an art school and traveled south to Arles to pursue that dream. He wanted his friends to join him, and Gauguin was the only one that did. His relationship with Gaugin did not end well though. It’s not certain exactly what happened, but there were disputes between the two of them and it ended with a portion of Van Gogh’s earlobe being cut off. Around this time, the end of

In 1889, Vincent Van Gogh with oil created a classic picture named "Starry Night". He painted his own night during the hardest time of his life. At the time, he was detained in a psychiatric hospital room. Not to be out, he drew during the daytime, based on what he remembered. Van Gogh only mentions "Starry Night" twice in letters to his brother, which made the drawing became more mysterious and curious.

Vincent Van Gogh had a rather depressing life. After being born into an upper-middle class family he quickly became depressed in life. He tried different things like working as an art dealer, becoming a Protestant missionary, and so on. None of these stuck for him as his mental health continued to decline. He was already a quiet, keep to himself kind of person, but over time he became more isolated. He got help from his younger brother Theo in the form of money and moved back home with his parents. This is when he began painting and eventually moved to Paris. Once moving there his paintings became more colorful and his painting style began to develop. He also began suffering from delusions and psychotic episodes and began neglecting his health by eating less and drinking alcohol more frequently and in