Reagan Halfant
4/9/2014
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Rough Draft
I plan on doing my Virtual Art Exhibition on the artist named Vincent Van Gogh. The reason that I choose to do my Virtual Art Exhibition on him was because he is my favorite artist and he is the artist that created one of my favorite paintings called The Starry Night. The purpose of my exhibition is that I want to show who Vincent Van Gogh was as an artist. Also to show what was behind the artwork that he has created over the years. In the exhibition I also want to show that Van Gogh was more than just the painter of The Starry Night. I want to show that he created many other paintings as well including Starry Night over the Rhone, The Night Cafe, Wheatfield with Crows, Almond Branches in Bloom, Sunflowers, The Cafe Terrance on the Place du Forum, Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries, The Red Vineyard at Aries and The Mulberry Tree. I also want to show that all the things that he went through in his life also went into the things that he created as an artist. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland. He began his artistic career in the year 1881. (VanGoghGallery) In the beginning of he art career he taught himself how to paint and he taught himself most of the things that he knows about painting. He was not professionally trained to create art (Artable). He was greatly influenced by the artist Paul Gauguin. The two met during 1887 of November while they were in Paris. (VanGoghGallery) Van Gogh’s main focus of his artwork was on pairings. The mediums that he would use in his paintings was oil. The subjects of his paintings included things like the city, figures, scenery and the landscape around him. He began painting in the time of the art movement called Post-Impressionism. (Artable) Vincent van Gogh died in the year 1890 on July, 29. During his lifetime most of his painting were only sold to his brother Theo. After his death Van Gogh’s paintings became popular and was bought by many people. His paintings were bought not only by museums, but by private owners as well. Also after he dies in Germany he became one of the most famous artists. He also influenced many other artists from the artwork that he did during his time. Many of his paintings like Starry Night were mass produced on all different types of items including, posters, mugs, shirts, phone cases and many other things. Till this day Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most known artists that existed. He was not only known for his artwork that he created, but also the mental illness that he had that led him to cutting off his ear. His artwork influenced many other art movements including Fauvism and Expressionism. Today he is also known as the “Mad Artist”. Also until this day he is one of the most remember and one of the most popular artists of the post-impressionists painters. (Artable)
Works Cited
“Vincent Van Gogh.” Artble: The Home of Passionate Art Lovers. N.p, d.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014 <http://www.artable.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh>.
“Welcome to the Vincent Van Gogh Gallery.” Vincent Van Gogh Gallery. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014/ <http://www,vangoghgallery.com/>.
Paintings
Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries is a painting that was created on June 1888 in Arles, France. The media of the painting was oil painted on a canvas. The style of the painting is Post-Impressionism and the genre of the painting is the marina. This painting was influenced by Van Gogh going to a fishing village that was located in Saintes Maries de la Mer. The painting was painted after the boats had left. From watching the boats everyday he was then able to recreate the things that he saw each day. The subject of the painting is the fishing village in Saintes-Maries and the boats that were located in the fishing village. The green, red, blue, brown, white and yellow colors make the painting very relaxing and calming. This painting is located in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
The Starry Night Painting over the Rhone is a painting that was created on September of 1888 in Aries, France. This painting is an oil based painting that is created on canvas. Starry Night over the Rhone is a very similar looking painting to Vincent Van Gogh’s other painting called Starry Night. The light in the water is coming off of how bright the stars are in the sky. The painting was created after Van Gogh went on a walk. The lighting in this image is also similar to the lighting of the star that he does in Starry Night. This painting is located in Musee d’Orsay, Paris.
The Night Cafe is a painting that was created on September 1888 in Arles. This painting is one of the many famous paintings created by Vincent Van Gogh. The media of this painting was created with oil on a canvas. The painting was influenced from Vincent Van Gogh liking how Cafe de la Gare looked on the inside. With his love of the cafe he recreated his own view of what the cafe looked like. The subjects of the painting show that the people are isolating themselves from each other. None of the people seem to be interacting with each other at all. The colors of the painting set the mood. The mood of the painting seems to be sad. It is a sad feeling because the people are not acting like they should be. The people also seem like they are depressed or saddened by the things that are going on in their life. The different angles that he used in the paintings draws in the viewer. The colors that he used are yellow, red and green. The colors that were used in the painting show a distinction.
The Night Cafe is another one of Van Gogh’s paintings that was created in Aries, France. This painting was created in the year 1888 of September. In this painting you will see similar things brightness is the sky like in the painting Starry Night and Starry Night over the Rhone. The stars in the sky are very bright and they fill up the sky with a loth of light. The brightness of the sky reflects on the city and makes the city look even brighter. The bright colors of the building and the seats of the building brings your attention to that and not just the brightness of the stars in the sky. Your view when looking at the painting goes straight to the bright colors that your see.
The Red Vineyard at Aries is a painting that was created in Arles on November 1888. The media of the painting was oil painted on canvas. The painting’s subject is the red vineyard. The style of the painting is Post-Impressionism. The genre of the painting is landscape. The colors that were used in the painting are blue, yellow, red, black and green. This painting is located at the Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia. This painting is said to be the only pairing that was sold during his lifetime to a painter named Anna Boch. Van Gogh painted this picture from his memories of what the Red Vineyard looked like when we saw it.
Starry Night is one of Vincent Van Gogh’s most popular paintings. After his death this painting became the most well known painting that he created. This paining have been made in the masses. The picture is of a city at night with the stars glowing bright up above. The swirls of clouds shows that there is movement in the air above and in his paining. The features in the paintings are not realistic they are exaggerated. The exaggerated of the sky is what so many people love about the painting. What is below the sky is a small city that looks very calm and peaceful. The painting Starry Night was created in June of 1889 while Vincent Van Gogh was in an Asylum that was located in Saint-Remy. It is an oil painting that is created on canvas. The subject of his painting was landscape. The painting was painted during the Post-impression art movement. For different reason people like the painting Starry Night.
The paining Sunflowers was created in the year 1889. The sunflowers painted in the picture look very life like. The colors that he uses for the colors let people feel the emotions that they may feel when they see flowers in person. With the colors he shows that the flowers are dying and withering. The color choice and the flowers bending over the way that they are show that they have come to their death and that they are no longer alive. Sunflowers was influenced by all of the flowers that Van Gogh was seeing.
The Mulberry Tree is a painting that was created on October 1889. Van Gogh painted this painting while he was staying the the Saint Paul Asylum. The media of the painting was oil painted on canvas. The subject of the painting is the mulberry tree. The style of the painting is Impressionism. The colors that were used in the painting are tan, green, orange, white and brown. The dark and the light colors of the painting make a contrast in the painting. The mulberry tree was influenced by the garden that was at the asylum. The garden at the asylum had a tree very similar to the one that he painted. The tree growing out of the hard grounds symbolizes the happiness even during the hard times at the asylum.
Almond Branches in Bloom is a painting that was created in the year 1890. The painting is also called the Almond Tree. This painting can be found in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The media of the picture is oil and it was created on a canvas. The painting was created because Vincent Van Gogh was happy about the nephew that he had. With the new found joy of his nephew Van Gogh began painting a lot more. He created the painting Almond Branches in Bloom for his nephew to be able to hang it up in his room. He began this painting while he was in Saint Paul Asylum located in Saint-Remy. The colors of the painting are the blue sky, white and green. Van Gogh’s painting was influenced by Japanese paintings. The colors and the lines that he used while he was painting was also influenced by the Japanese paintings. The painting of the almond branches symbolizes new life. It symbolizes new life because Spring is a new beginning and the rebirth of nature. The almond branches painting also symbolizes the life of his nephew being born.
The painting was created in the year 1890 of July. The painting is called Wheatfield with Crows. The main subject of the painting is the field itself. This painting was one of the last few that were created before Van Gogh’s death. This painting brings and eerie, dark and haunting feeling to it. Black crows are a symbol of bad things to come and death. So this painting is portraying that Van Gogh was coming to the ending of his artistic career and being alive. The blacks crows look like they are coming into the field to take what it is in the field away from it.
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