Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh

• Born March 30, 1853Died July 29, 1890

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Vincent Van Gogh

• Born in Holland
• Art and religion were the two occupations to
  which the Van Gogh family gravitated.
• He went to Paris at 16 to assist an art dealer,
  began making sketches, and his interest in art
  began.
• For a time, he served as a missionary in England
  and Holland, but he eventually was expelled from
  the mission.

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Vincent Van Gogh

• He decided to become an artist and studied at The
  Academic Art School at The Hague where his
  cousin Anton Mauve taught. He began to paint
  gloomy scenes of thatched huts, peasants and
  workers.
• His brother Theo was his source of financial and
  emotional support. Theo sent money to Vincent for
  food, paint and canvas and tried to sell
  Vincents paintings. He also wrote him many
  letters of encouragement.

 La chambre de Van Gogh à Arles  (Van Gogh's
Room at Arles)
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Vincent Van Gogh

• In 1886 he moved in with his brother in Paris.
• He met the leaders of Impressionism
• Claude Monet
• Camille Pissarro
• Paul Gauguin
• Georges Seurat.

 Wheatfield With Cypresses 
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Vincent Van Gogh

• He began painting prolifically in his own style
  characterized by lively brushstrokes and bright,
  clashing colors.
• Among his best-known works are The Potato Eaters
  (1885), Starry Night (1889), and Irises (1889).
• During this time he was suffering from depression
  and had hallucinations.

 The Potato Eaters 
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Vincent Van Goghs Art

• Productive period lasted 10 years (His most
  popular pieces of work were created in the last 3
  years of his life)
• Produced more than 2000 pieces of artwork, 900
  paintings 1100 drawings and sketches
• Mostly self taught
• Not very famous DURING his life
• Guess how many paintings sold during his life?
• Paintings sold after his death? For how much?
• His work had a powerful influence on the
  development of modern painting, and he is
  considered the greatest Dutch painter since
  Rembrandt..
• He is now regarded as one of the most profoundly
  influential artists of the 19th century.

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Vocabulary

• Horizon
• A level line where water or land seems to end and
  the sky begins. It is usually on the eye level of
  the observer. If the horizon cannot be seen, its
  placement must be imagined.
• Perspective
• Techniques for creating the illusion of depth on
  a two-dimensional surface.
• Mood
• The feeling or emotion created
• What mood do you think is depicted with this
  painting?

 Three Pairs of Shoes 
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Vocabulary

• Impressionism
• A style of painting among French artists in the
  1870s and 1880s that depicted the natural
  appearances of objects by means of dabs or
  strokes of primary unmixed colors in order to
  simulate actual reflected light.
• Post-Impressionism
• A style of painting among French artists from
  1886 to 1914 that places a greater emphasis on
  structure and form and rejecting the naturalism
  of the Impressionists.

 The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles,
at Night 
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More on Post-Impressionism

• Originating in France in 1886 1914
• Artists include
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Paul Gaugin
• Georges Seurat
• Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
• Distinctive brushstrokes and thick application of
  paint
• Dabs of vivid color
• Impressionist did NOT use black
• Short and wide lines and Pointillism
• Emotional connection with the subject rather than
  its true appearance
• Unmixed primary colors that are applied side by
  side the eye of the viewer optically mixes upon
  viewing
• Depiction of light in its ever changing
  qualities natural light emphasized

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Portrait of Dr. Gachet
82.5 Million Dollars in 1990
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Van Gogh Self Portrait without Beard
71.5 Million Dollars in 1998
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Starry Night

• What is the mood of the painting?
• Which elements help to set it?

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The Olive Trees

• What does the use of color do to create mood?
• How does it make you feel?

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Red Vineyard in Arles

• How does the color here change the mood as in
  previous examples?
• How do you think Van Gough was feeling when he
  painted this?

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Peach Blossom in the Crau

• What is his use of space?
• What was Van Goghs state of mind while painting
  this?

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Peach Blossom in the Crau

• Painted this landscape in 1988 during his Arles
  period, when he used the Japanese style of making
  people and objects appear small in composing his
  landscapes.
• The horizon line is just above the middle of the
  painting.
• The blooming trees symbolize his optimism, wishes
  and desires.
• He used the Impressionist style in applying the
  paint in dabbing brushstrokes of thick paint.

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Van Gogh Quotes

• What would life be if we had no courage to
  attempt anything?
• "Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to
  disregard public opinion.
• A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
• Paintings have a life of their own that derives
  from the painter's soul.
•  Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement,
  in the thrill of creative effort.

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Van Gogh Quotes

• Great things are not done by impulse, but by a
  series of small things brought together.
• Love many things, for therein lies the true
  strength, and whosoever loves much performs much,
  and can accomplish much, and what is done in love
  is done well.
• I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic
  than to love people.
• It is not the language of painters but the
  language of nature which one should listen to. .
  . . The feeling for the things themselves, for
  reality, is more important than the feeling for
  pictures.

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Todays Lesson

• You will create a landscape painting using Van
  Goghs style of straight brushstrokes and
  perspective.
• Decide on mood and color scheme for your
  landscape.
• What color will you use to create the mood?
• First draw a light line on the paper to represent
  the horizon, then lightly sketch in the remainder
  of the landscape .
• Objects grow smaller toward the back of the
  painting (perspective)
• Paint the landscape in a style that will support
  the mood.