Fine Art Presentations

 An e.Gallery for Artists
van Gogh, Vincent [Dutch, 1853-1890] 

Home

Index

Search

Contact

About

Artists

Nationality

Collections

Movements

Centuries

 Navigate: Home → Site index  → 19th Century  → Gogh Vincent van  [Link Partners]  [Help]    Help support the e.Gallery!   

van Gogh, Vincent [Dutch, 1853-1890]


[ 19th Century Artists | Post-Impressionist Artists ]
portrait

Vincent van Gogh, for whom color was the chief symbol of expression, was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30, 1853. The son of a pastor, brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, Vincent was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, van Gogh had had two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman, and a preacher in the Borinage (a dreary mining district in Belgium), where he was dismissed for overzealousness.

He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty. The works of his early Dutch period are somber-toned, sharply lit, genre paintings of which the most famous is “The Potato Eaters” (1885). In that year van Gogh went to Antwerp where he discovered the works of Rubens and purchased many Japanese prints.

In 1886 he went to Paris to join his brother Théo, the manager of Goupil's gallery. In Paris, van Gogh studied with Cormon, inevitably met Pissarro, Monet, Gauguin, and began to lighten his very dark palette and to paint in the short brushstrokes of the Impressionists. His nervous temperament made him a difficult companion and night-long discussions combined with painting all day undermined his health. He decided to go south to Arles where he hoped his friends would join him and help found a school of art. Gauguin did join him but with disastrous results. Near the end of 1888, an incident led Gauguin to ultimately leave Arles. Van Gogh pursued him with an open razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting a portion of his own ear lobe off. Van Gogh then began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for treatment.

In May of 1890, he seemed much better and went to live in Auvers-sur-Oise under the watchful eye of Dr. Gachet. Two months later he was dead, having shot himself “for the good of all.” During his brief career he had sold one painting. Van Gogh's finest works were produced in less than three years in a technique that grew more and more impassioned in brushstroke, in symbolic and intense color, in surface tension, and in the movement and vibration of form and line. Van Gogh's inimitable fusion of form and content is powerful; dramatic, lyrically rhythmic, imaginative, and emotional, for the artist was completely absorbed in the effort to explain either his struggle against madness or his comprehension of the spiritual essence of man and nature.

The images accompanying this article are van Gogh's self-portrait and an actual photograph of Vincent van Gogh.

[*] RS Archive pages at Powell's Books

  van Gogh, Vincent [Dutch, 1853-1890]

bLog Link

More info from ArtCyclopedia 



No Galleries
Previous Level Top Level

Click here to purchase related items. from Amazon.com.

(41 Images, Page 1 of 3)
PAGE 
   
Size: 101 KB [thumbnail of almond_blossom.jpg]
Dims: 752 x 593
Type: JPG
File: almond_blossom.jpg
  
Size: 221 KB [thumbnail of cafe_terrace.jpg]
Dims: 705 x 895
Type: JPG
File: cafe_terrace.jpg
  
  
Size: 197 KB [thumbnail of bedroom.jpg]
Dims: 1061 x 808
Type: JPG
File: bedroom.jpg
  
Size: 213 KB [thumbnail of gogh_corridor-asylum]
Dims: 810 x 1059
Type: JPG
File: gogh_corridor-asylum
  
  
Size: 97 KB [thumbnail of cafe_terrace_detail.]
Dims: 605 x 751
Type: JPG
File: cafe_terrace_detail.
  
  
Size: 241 KB [thumbnail of entrance.jpg]
Dims: 1020 x 818
Type: JPG
File: entrance.jpg
  
Size: 247 KB [thumbnail of gogh_bandaged-ear.jp]
Dims: 826 x 1012
Type: JPG
File: gogh_bandaged-ear.jp
  
  
Size: 289 KB [thumbnail of gogh_green-wheat-fie]
Dims: 1031 x 825
Type: JPG
File: gogh_green-wheat-fie
  
Size: 290 KB [thumbnail of gogh_cypress-star.jp]
Dims: 815 x 1063
Type: JPG
File: gogh_cypress-star.jp
  
  
Size: 261 KB [thumbnail of gogh_cypresses.jpg]
Dims: 811 x 1035
Type: JPG
File: gogh_cypresses.jpg
  
  
Size: 249 KB [thumbnail of gogh_first-steps.jpg]
Dims: 1026 x 827
Type: JPG
File: gogh_first-steps.jpg
  
Size: 233 KB [thumbnail of gogh_gachet.jpg]
Dims: 832 x 1024
Type: JPG
File: gogh_gachet.jpg
  
  
Size: 123 KB [thumbnail of poets_garden.jpg]
Dims: 794 x 637
Type: JPG
File: poets_garden.jpg
  
Size: 239 KB [thumbnail of gogh_irises-amsterda]
Dims: 815 x 1049
Type: JPG
File: gogh_irises-amsterda
  
  
Size: 210 KB [thumbnail of gogh_mr-trabuc.jpg]
Dims: 807 x 1064
Type: JPG
File: gogh_mr-trabuc.jpg
  
  
(41 Images, Page 1 of 3)
PAGE     

[Spacer]

Some Fine Print: All images, pictures, etc. contained here are gleaned from Usenet, or some other public access archive. We believe all entries to be in the public domain and, therefore, are without restriction for personal use. Should you want to use any image on this site for commercial purposes, you will need to consult with a competent attorney to determine your rights. If you see errors or omissions (e.g., missing artists, artist not cross-referenced by century or ethnicity), or if you own the copyright to an image displayed here, please contact us.


 Fine Art Presentations v1.6a
 Copyright 1990-2024 The e.Lib, Inc. 
21003211 total hits since Tuesday February 8th. 36432 hits today.
Page was last updated on Wednesday November 15, 2023 at 03:44:03.
Powered by Thinking! [Valid RSS]