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Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853.
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people.
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Biography
As a young man he tried many professionsart
Early Influences
Rembrandt was a Dutch
brown (muddy).
Potato Diggers-1885
More influences
Claude Monet, French
Impressionist
Impressionists painted
everyday outdoor
scenes and used small
brushstrokes to reflect
light and depict
movement
The Sunflowers-1888
Bright, beautiful
colors!
Very thick paint.
Sometimes he
painted so fast he
used paint right
out of the tube.
This sold in 1987
for
$39 million
dollars!
Portrait of an Artist
Van Gogh loved to paint himself. We call that a
Self Portrait.
Self-Portraits
Self-Portraits
Self-Portraits
Self-Portrait Style
Those were all self portraits but they all looked different
because of:
Colors
Style
Van Gogh was especially known for:
Broad brushstrokes
Brilliant colors (no mixing, straight from the tube)
Swirling lines to show movement and strong
Famous example is
Starry Night-1889
Van Gogh
Hardly anyone was interested in his work while he
was alive
He sold only 1 painting while he was alive
At the time people did not like the bright moving pictures he
created
He did some of his best work during the last 2 years of his
life
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The Bedroom-1889