Vincent Van Gogh
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Born: 1853
Died: 1890 Main Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism Nationality: Dutch Floor Found in Château: Second Garden Room Found in Château: Sunflower Garden |
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most influential historical figures of Western art. Most of his artwork came in the last several years of his life, and included portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. His artworks were very expressive with the bright palette and the loose, painterly brushstrokes. Over 2,000 of his works of art became the influential and inspirational cornerstone for modern works of art, including his Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers (1887), The Night Café (1888), and his Starry Night (1889).
About the Movement
Van Gogh worked in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Fun Fact: The pronunciation of Vincent van Gogh's last name is actually "van goff" rather than "van go".
Resources: David Sweetman, Van Gogh: His Life and His Art, (New York City, New York: Touchstone, 1990),
Vincent van Gogh was one of the most influential historical figures of Western art. Most of his artwork came in the last several years of his life, and included portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still-life paintings. His artworks were very expressive with the bright palette and the loose, painterly brushstrokes. Over 2,000 of his works of art became the influential and inspirational cornerstone for modern works of art, including his Still Life: Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers (1887), The Night Café (1888), and his Starry Night (1889).
About the Movement
Van Gogh worked in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Fun Fact: The pronunciation of Vincent van Gogh's last name is actually "van goff" rather than "van go".
Resources: David Sweetman, Van Gogh: His Life and His Art, (New York City, New York: Touchstone, 1990),
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