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Vincent van Gogh Educational Posters, Books, Video, CD, DVD, Links for Learning |
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Vincent Van Gogh is considered one of the greatest painters, producing 900 paintings and 1100 drawings during a period of only ten years between 1880 and his death by suicide in 1890. Van Gogh intensified the light and color of the Impressionists with his deeply expressive style, inspiring both the Expressionist and Fauvist art movements, though he met with little success during his lifetime. Vincent van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundest, Holland, in 1853, the son of a pastor. Despite, or because, he was brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, he lacked self-confidence and was highly emotional. When Vincent finally decided to become an artist in 1880 at the age of 27, he had been involved in two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had tried working as a clerk in a bookstore, selling art, and as a preacher in the dreary Belgium mining district of Borinage, where he was dismissed for overzealousness. He remained in Belgium to study art, determined to give happiness by creating beauty. His early Dutch period works 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, and Gauguin, and influenced by these Impressionists, began to paint in short brushstrokes and lighten his dark palette. 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.
In a fit of epilepsy, van Gogh pursued his friend with a razor, was stopped by Gauguin, but ended up cutting his own ear 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 the spring 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 shot himself “for the good of all.” The finest of Van Gogh's works were painted in less than three years as he was completely absorbed in the effort to explain his struggle against madness and his comprehension of the spiritual essence of man and nature. During his short career he had sold only one painting. |
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Vincent van Gogh quotes ~ VINCENT VAN GOGH BOOKS, VIDEO/DVDDear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh - The great but tormented artist, bared his tortured yet ecstatic soul in his letters to his confidant and companion, his beloved brother Theo. These letters reveal the man behind such masterpieces as Starry Night and the Yellow Room - a desperate man whos quest for love became a flight into madness and for whom every day was a "fight for life." Irving Stone, author of Lust for Life and other biographical novels, has collected Vincent van Gogh’s letters to Theo. [from the back cover] Van Gogh’s van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - catalog for one of the most successful van Gogh exhibitions ever (at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beautifully reproduced paintings and drawings are all from the van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, where most of Vincent's work resides. The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh: With Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence by Vincent van Gogh - Articulate, intimate, written with honest directness, these letters lay bare Vincent van Gogh's dramatic life, providing remarkable insights into the creative process and touching revelations of his personal anguish. The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh was first published by New York Graphic Society in 1958. Among the most distinguished books ever published, it is still the only complete edition of the letters in English. Illustrated by over two hundred ink drawings that the artist sketched into his letters, the collection has been the source of numerous biographical and fictional works, but none has matched the intensity of the original material. Most of the letters were written to the artist’s brother, Theo, and it was Theo’s son, Vincent, who acted as consulting editor for the publication. A touching memoir by Theo's wife serves as the introduction. A new hardcover reissue of one of the most important and powerful works in the literature of art, this critically acclaimed classic is now available in a boxed set edition with all the original text and illustrations. Van Gogh Art Activity Pack (Art Activity Packs) by Mila Boutan Color Your Own van Gogh Paintings Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works by David Brooks (CD-ROM) - includes all 2,200 works that Van Gogh produced during his career: paintings, drawings, watercolors, letter sketches and juvenilia. Designed for both scholars as well as the general public, this CD-ROM has an intuitive, yet powerful search and query tool for accessing Van Gogh's works. LINKS FOR LEARNING : VINCENT VAN GOGH
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