Through his paintings Van Gogh showed his life, his
experiences. He was never understood by the general public and he was always an
outsider. Van Gogh was ill and he was living in a mental hospital in
Saint-Remy. He cut off a piece of his ear the year before. He was a mad genius
and everybody knew it. The pleasure of love was very important to Van Gogh, he
said he couldn’t live without love or without a woman.
Ursula Loyer was his very first love but got married to someone
else. His cousin Knee, rejected him probably because he couldn’t care for her
or her children. He had to end a relationship with a prostitute who he was
trying to build a family with because her brother threatened him. As a child Van
Gogh was known as a “kind-hearted, friendly, good, pitiful” boy but a servant
girl of his family stated that “Vincent had funny, meaning unpleasantly unusual
manners.” He was born on the 30TH March 1853 and died on the 29th
July 1890 when he shot himself in a Wheatfield in Auvers, France. He died 2
days later at the age of 37.
Vincent Van Gogh influenced the Art of today even though he
lived more than 115 years ago. Only one painting was sold during his lifetime
and he became famous after his death. He was and still is a big prominence in
the Art Movement. He not only inspires us by his artwork but also by the way he
lived his life. Somehow through his good and bad, one can see what a livid mastermind
he was.
He emphasized on paintings of landscapes, figure,
cityscapes, and scenery. His style was ordinary but still had been prejudiced
by the impressionism and post-impressionism. His work had a beauty persona, intense
rough brush strokes with petite lines and curves around the figure or landscape
that he was painting during that time. His paintings gives me a feel of
firmness and determination as though he knew exactly what he wanted and how it’s
going to look like. It is said that he might also have used the impasto
technique, as we know it today to create such stunning paintings. Clearly looking
at his paintings, Van Gogh had a big sense of movement while painting, the
continues rhythm is very obvious and clear.
I would imagine as Van Gogh had an immense erg to finish a
painting. Probably in my opinion he would do the arrangement and placing of
things very fast and then start to go into detail. Detail of the movement, flow
of the era and color scheme.
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Arles, January 1889,
Oil on canvas, London, Courtauld Institute.
The Potato Eaters, Nuenen, April 1885,
Oil on Canvas, Foundation Van Gogh, Amsterdam.
One contemporary artist that is inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s
work is Stefan Duncan. He is a brilliant artist with beautiful paintings. Stefan
wants to be known as America’s Van Gogh. He calls his style as Squigglism which
is vivid colors blended together in an imaginative elegance.
Westeria on a Red Day
by Stefan Duncan
"What Dreams May Come"
by Stefan Duncan
The Path to Take
by Stefan Duncan
As soon as I saw Stefan's paintings I completely loved them. His work is yes very similar to Van Gogh's. I do feel though that their is still some style that is just his. In the painting 'Westeria on a Red Day', he uses the same technique but they are more defined then Van Gogh's. They seem more extended and detailed. The second painting, "What Dreams May Come" gives me a more sense of smudge technique even though there is Van Gogh's intellectual feel. 'The Path to Take' is surprisingly my favourite from his work.
Surprisingly because I usually don't like dark paintings. The contrast better the grays and the red/coral is very interesting. Overall I found Stefan Duncan's painting very beautiful and seems to interpret Van Gogh's technique very good.
Harvard Referencing System:
Confidential Concepts, worldwide, USA, 2004. Vincent Van Gogh.
Van Gogh Gallery.2002-2013. Vincent Van Gogh Impact on Art. [Online] Available at: http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/impact.html [Accessed 20 May 2014]
Artable.2014.Vincent Van Gogh Style and Technique. [Online] Available at: http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh/more_information/style_and_technique [Accessed 20 May 2014]
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