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#Japanese art by vincent van gogh series
He drew Sien in a series of early sketches and paintings, the most famous being Sorrow (1882, The New Art Gallery Walsall, England). Having been turned down by women he was dearly in love with, including his older cousin Kee Vos-Stricker, he finally took up with Sien Hoornik, a pregnant prostitute suffering from depression and alcoholism with a five-year-old daughter. Eventually he ended up in Brussels studying with Willem Roelofs, who convinced him to enroll in Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. He did get a chance to work as a missionary in Belgium, until he was kicked out for "undermining the dignity of the priesthood" due to his squalid living conditions. All this time he was becoming more and more religious, but he failed both the theology entrance examination at the University of Amsterdam and a course at a Protestant missionary school. He was transferred to Paris in 1875, but again grew dissatisfied, complaining about the commodification of art, and was fired not long after. This was one of the few times in his life when he felt happy. His mother encouraged him to draw and, after a sullen childhood spent feeling alone in boarding school, his uncle found him a job working for Goupil & Cie art dealers, first being trained in The Hague and then being sent to London. Van Gogh came from a religious household as the son of Theodorus van Gogh, a minister, and the devout Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Gachet, Portrait of Père Tanguy The Early Life of the Artist He experimented with pointillism and used color to make an emotional connection with the viewer, achieving recognition as one of the most talented painters to ever live only after his death.įamous Works: Almond Blossoms, The Starry Night, Wheatfield with Cypresses, The Potato Eaters, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Sunflowers, Portrait of Dr. His broad and frantic brushstrokes gave his paintings a dynamic fluidity and movement that, unfortunately, few appreciated while he was alive. His talents finally became widely appreciated only in the first half of the 20th century.Īttributes of His Works: Like all Post-Impressionists, Van Gogh eschewed the Impressionist focus on realistic proportions and lighting while remaining true to the idea of art that captured the emotional feeling of a subject, rather than a literal interpretation. This premium quality giclee art print reproduction of van Gogh's original painting has been produced on luxurious 100% cotton rag textured art paper using archival quality inks resulting in a superior print suitable for museum or gallery display.Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands, to July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France) was a prolific Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose tragic life was spent coping with mental illness and a lack of financial and critical success. The artwork reflects van Gogh's Impressionist, Divisionist and Japanese woodcut influences.
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Almond Blossoms was created to celebrate the birth of van Gogh's nephew and namesake - a fitting gift given blossoming trees association with the arrival of Spring and new life.
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He enjoyed them aesthetically and derived great joy from painting them. They represented awakening, rebirth and hope. Van Gogh was especially fond of flowering trees. "If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere." - Vincent van GoghĪlmond Blossoms is one of several paintings of blossoming almond trees created by Vincent van Gogh in Southern France in the late 1880's.