|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Siesta mk68
Oil on canvas
Paris,Orsay Museum
1889-1890
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Artist's Room in Arles mk68
Oil on canvas
Paris,Orsay Museum
1889
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait mk68
Oil on canvas
Paris,Orsay Museum
1889
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Starry Night mk68
Oil on canvas
New York
Museum of Modern Art
1889
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Old Farmhouses mk68
Oil on canvas
Saint Petersburg
State Hermitage Museum
1890
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Portrait of Doctor Gachet mk68
Oil on canvas
Paris,Orsay Museum
1890
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait mk68
1889
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers mk68
1888-1889
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Garden in Bloom mk87
1888
Oil on canvas
92x73cm
Museum of Art,New York
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Langlois Bridge at Arles mk87
1888
Oil on canvas
54x65cm
Otterlo,Rijksmuseum Kroller Muller
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Harvest at La Crau,with Montmajour in the Background mk87
1888
Oil on canvas
73x92cm
Amsterdam,Rijksmusem Vincent van Gogh
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Artist-s Bedroom in Arles mk87
1889
Oil on canvas
73x92cm
Chicago,The Art Institute of Ghicago
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Portrait of Dector Gacher mk87
1890
Oil on canvas
68x57cm
Paris,Musee d'Orsay
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Church at Auvers sur Oise mk87
1890
Oil on canvas
94x74cm
Paris,Musee d'Orsay
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Bush mk91
Oil on canvas
72x92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Arena in Arles mk91
1888
Oil on canvas
72x92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh L-Interieur d un Restaurant mk94
1887
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh The Garden of the Rectory at Nuenen mk141
1885
Oil on canvas
53x78.2cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Memories of the Garden in Etten mk141
1888
Oil on canvas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh Winter Garden mk141
18885
Oil on canvas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Vincent Van Gogh
|
Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 ?C 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, during which time he cut off part of his left ear following a breakdown in his friendship with Paul Gauguin. After this he suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness, which led to his suicide.
The central figure in Van Gogh's life was his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Their lifelong friendship is documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism. He had an enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists.
|