The Potato Eaters

The Potato Eaters is a naturalistic oil painting by the reputable Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. The painting was completed in 1885 and as is widely considered as Van Gogh’s first masterpiece as the artist himself has regarded it as his most successful painting. A horizontal composition about 82cm x 114cm, the painting depicts a family of peasants, four woman and a man around a square table having potatoes for supper. Somber and earthly tones are

Chiaramonte Anna Sparks FAS-202 02/04/2017 Artist 's Name: Jan Havicksz Steen Title: The Merry Family Style movement: Baroque Date: 1668 Location: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam Origin: Leiden, Netherlands Artist 's Name: Vincent van Gogh Title: The Potato Eaters Style movement: Postimpressionism Date: 1885 Location: Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam Origin: Nuenen, Netherlands Artist 's Name: Jeremie Fischer Title: Is the Family Dinner Overrated? Style movement: Post Modernism Date: 2012 Location: New York

This paper will be a visual description of Luncheon on the Grass (Musée d'Orsay), an oil painting made by a leading French artist in the transition from realism to impressionism Édouard Manet, in 1863. A horizontal composition of 208 cm x 264.5 cm, the painting represents a luncheon in the forest. In the foreground of the painting there are two men and a woman having lunch. While they are casually having lunch, the two men are fully dressed, while the woman is fully naked, however, her hand rests

Family and Potato Eaters were created during two very different time periods, in two different styles, and with two different intents. At the heart of their differences is the subject they represent: the realistic representation of everyday life among families as they governed their family meals. It’s important to look more closely at how each artist represents this idea and what this significance is in these differences. The depiction of everyday life is different between Merry Family and Potato Eaters

main characters struggle, steal, and suffer. In music, groups of musicians have been known to get together and sing a song for charities and to help others. Art has always had a political point of view and today we are going to discuss that. The Potato Eaters by Vincent Van Gogh highlights the struggles of living poor. Color plays a strong part in showing emotion, mood, and setting the tone. In this painting the artist sets the mood by portraying a dimly lit room with only one source of light. All the

In the Potato Eaters, we can see how the painter utilizes colors that are particularly dull such as brown and black which gives the artwork a melancholy feeling. By examining this artwork, the people in the painting have experienced hard labor under the sun because of the way the artist use earthy like colors to convey a realistic feeling in the painting. Additionally, this painting is sensible and non-misrepresented, as it serves to demonstrate the daily life of a peasant family after a hard working

We see that both Merry Family and Potato Eaters show two different socioeconomic statuses and this is important because each artist can portray how each family can bring food to provide food for the family. If we were to compare the food eaten in these two specific time period, we see would a difference. For Example, a family with a similar socioeconomic status of Potato Eaters would eat food such as basic food crops like rice, beans, potatoes, and corn (New Netherlands Institute). It is obvious

information. The two painting's that caught my attention are "The Starry night." and "The potato eaters." These are the two paintings that are going to be compared. "The starry night" is one of the most well-known pieces of Van Gogh in modern culture. The reason why this painting is well liked

depicts the theme of the portrayal of a family meal in a joyous and amusing setting, but Steen was known for integrating subtle hints into his work. These hints warned the viewer about what is depicted in the painting. The second work of art, The Potato Eaters was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1885 and it depicts the portrayal of a family meal but in a more straightforward and somber setting. Van Gogh wanted to truthfully depict the people and their lives. My comparison of the two, chosen artwork will

29, 1890, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Van Gogh completed more than 2,000 pieces of art, consisting of oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and sketches. Some of his most famous painting includes The Starry Night, Sunflowers, and The Potato Eaters. Van Gogh’s art became famous after his death, when his work sold for record-breaking sums at auctions around the world. The Starry Night was painted from memory, this masterpiece represents