The Van Gogh 's Life

The excerpt, shows how Van Gogh escaped from his troubles and gained popularity, but only after he was dead. Van Gogh was born on 1853, renamed after his stillborn older brother. ¨As a result, Vincent Van Gogh grew up near the haunting sight of a grave with his own name upon it.¨(par. 1) His parents weren’t around most of the time, as they were also busy dealing with his younger siblings. He felt lonely, while his mother believed that his talent might come to use once he got older. He spent time by himself, but slowly depended on art to share his thoughts. With Van Gogh's shared name upon a grave of which his stillborn brother’s laid, felt as a replacement to his parents, as well, he became

Vincent van Gogh is one of the world’s most well-known artists. He was the son of a pastor and was brought up in a religious atmosphere. He thought his true calling was to preach the gospel like his father. He became a preacher in a small coal mining town. This is when he starting becoming very interested in the people and things that surrounded him. He became an artist at the age of 27.

The life span of 37 years saw Vincent Willem van Gogh (Vincent) in creating beautiful works he dearly loved. Painting was an avenue, which allowed him to express his inner thoughts or vent his struggles. My decision to research on Vincent’s painting, Starry Night (1889) came with the inspiration from Don Mclean’s Song, Starry Starry Night where his lyrics spoke about Vincent’s life that further intrigued me in writing this paper.

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous painters of all time. His style was post-impressionism. He was a Dutch man, born in an averaged sized town called Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. The reason he became an artist, and the thing that influenced him the most to become an artist was actually his mother. His mother was interested in nature, she did a lot of drawing and watercolors and that really influenced her son heavily and got him into art. When he was fifteen years old, his family was really struggling with their finances. Because of this, he was forced to get a job and help them provide. It ended up that his uncle owned an art dealership, so he got a job there.

Everybody has heard of the name Vincent Van Gogh. Maybe you’ve heard about his ear or you’ve seen his painting “The Starry Night”. Perhaps you had seen one of his paintings but didn’t know who he was. I am happy to tell you: today is your lucky day. You will be learning a little about him. He was a Dutch painter which was one of the 4 artists who led the movement Post-Impressionism (the use vivid colors, thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter), Van Gogh made about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 paintings. He didn’t have a good life. Van Gogh was constantly depressed, got heartbroken multiple times in his life (he never got married), and was insane. He suffered from psychotic episodes and hallucinations. Often, he didn’t care and neglected he was mentally unstable. For this reason, he did not eat properly and drank a lot.

"Vincent had queer manners and seemed to be more like an old man," said a servant of the Van Gogh family that worked for them when Vincent was a child. His mother was really disappointed in him and then eventually the entire family. Even his closes friend, his brother, Theo Van Gogh who helped him financially became disappointed. Vincent said that "Theo comforted his mother and is worthy to be comforted by his mother." On the other hand Vincent was rejected. Vincent later said that his childhood was "gloomy and cold and sterile." (Voyager)

A great artist once wrote, “If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced”. This artist was Vincent van Gogh, soon to be an appraised artist known all around the world for his works, such as Starry Night. He is one of the very first artists of the post-impressionist style than is now adored in every continent. However, there is much more to the man than one painting. Creating a full timeline that stretches beyond Gogh’s life, this paper will discuss the life of Vincent van Gogh and the impression he made on the world.

Stranger on Earth by Albert J. Lubin is a psychological biography about the Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh was an extraordinary post- impressionist artist who had a tough and extrinsic life and lived with extreme sorrow and melancholy. Vincent’s art was ignored until after his assumed suicide in 1890. Lubin wrote about the troubles and tribulation Vincent endured and how much that affected his life. His misunderstood genius may be also correlated to his madness and despair in life. His posthumous fame led the way for other artist and influenced their art.

Van Gogh conveys soft visual cues to connect us to humanity. Balance among warm and cool colors invites the viewer to take a closer look. Emphasis of an ordinary night at a cafe captivates the theme of humanity and inspiration. As the objects details lack, this allows the viewer to see realize the beauty of culture. Van Gogh painted an idealist place to get in touch with ourselves to realize the importance of life. Perhaps, our possessions we own do not matter. Van Gogh’s color choice of the cafe directly draws the viewer’s attention. Bright values and colors focus on the cafe’s patio. People and tables are shown without details; nor people’s clothing, hair, body type, and appearance are individualized or focused on. By this notion, Van Gogh’s simplicity implies everyone is equal; as physical differences are not looked upon. Orange’s values commonly appear dispersed throughout this piece. Orange can be acknowledged as pride, hope, and honor; representing humanity. From the road to the stars in the sky, they contain values of orange. People are told to persevere and not give up, but to aim for the stars. The depiction of people and symbolism of orange shows humanity does

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most recognized artists in the world. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Van Gogh was born into a family of six children in which his father was a pastor and his mother was an artist. He was named after his stillborn brother who died exactly one year before he was born.

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30th 1853, in Zundert, The Netherlands. Van Gogh spent his teenage year’s working for a firm of art dealers; however, he did not embark upon his art career until 1880. Originally, he worked only with dark and gloomy colors, until he came across the art movements developed in Paris known as, Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism (Meier-Graefe 4). Van Gogh than included their brighter colors and unique style of painting into his very own creations. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life (Meier-Graefe 10). However, most of his best-known works were produced in his last

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March thirtieth of 1853 in the southern Netherlands. His father was a Protestant minister, a point that will show importance in his life later on. At the ripe age of sixteen, Vincent started an apprenticeship at an art dealership, Goupil &

Van Gogh was taken to a nearby hospital and his doctors sent for Theo, who arrived to find his brother sitting up in bed and smoking a pipe. They spent the next couple of days talking and then van Gogh asked Theo to take him home. On July 29, 1890, Vincent van Gogh died in his brother's arms at age 37. Theo, who was suffering from syphilis and was emotionally unstable after his brother's death, died six months later in a Dutch asylum. He was buried in Utrecht, but in 1914 Theo's wife, Johanna, who was a dedicated supporter of van Gogh's works, had Theo's body reburied in the Auvers cemetery next to Vincent. Johanna then collected as many of van Gogh's paintings as she could, but discovered that many of them had been destroyed or lost, van Gogh's own mother having thrown away crates full of his art. On March 17, 1901, 71 of van Gogh's paintings were displayed at a show in Paris, and his fame subsequently grew enormously. His mother lived long enough to see her son hailed as an artist and a genius. Today, Vincent van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt. He completed more than 2,100 works, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings and sketches. Several of his paintings rank among the most expensive in the world; "Irises" sold for a record $53.9 million, and his "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold for $82.5

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

I think it is hard for anyone to say that they had a perfect life growing up, there are flaws in every family. Van Gogh had to face adulthood early as some people must. “At age 15, van Gogh’s family was struggling financially, and he was forced to leave school and go to work.” (Biography.com Editors n.p.). After leaving home he got a job at his Uncles art dealership, which was a firm of art dealers in The Hague. After gaining some experience on the job Vincent was fluent in French, German and English, as well as his native language Dutch. Van Gogh fell in love with the English culture when he was transferred to the Groupil Gallery in London. He visited art galleries in his spare time and became very fond of Charles Dickens and George Eliot’s writings. Van Gogh suffered his first breakdown when Eugenie Loyer his landlady’s daughter rejected his marriage proposal. He changed the way he lived his life by throwing away all his books except for the bible and devoted his life to god. “He became angry with people at work, telling customers not to buy the “worthless art,” and was eventually fired. After being fired van Gogh taught in a Methodist boy’s school and preached to the congregation.” (Biography.com Editors n.p.). Growing up in a Christian family van Gogh never considered devoting his life to the church. One year later he was denied entry into the School of Theology in Amsterdam after refusing to take the Latin exams. Following his denied entry into Amsterdam he volunteered