We’ve all heard this sad story. Vincent van Gogh lived a short, deeply tormented life, throughout which he sought (in vain) his place in the world. He died, by his own hand, feeling his life was a miserable failure. Unbeknownst to Vincent, the work he did pioneered the Expressionistic style and, 150 years after his birth, his name would be world famous.
Body of Work:
During his time with the miners, van Gogh painted the rough, miserable lives of the peasants with which he lived. One of these works, The Potato Eaters (1885), is acknowledged as his early masterpiece.
In 1886, Vincent moved to Paris, where his devoted brother, Theo, was an art dealer. He quickly launched himself into study of the Impressionists and Japanese prints and emerged, after two years, with a highly original palette. He relocated himself to Arles, in Provence, where he began a frenzy of painting (sometimes going through a canvas per day) that showed his love for the town, countryside and sunlight of the area. Better known works from his time in Arles include Bedroom at Arles (1888), The Night Café (1888) and Starry Night (1889). His painting increasingly showed a lack of brushwork as he, in his haste to capture it, spread the color he saw in life thickly on to the canvas with his palette knife - and even straight from the tube.
In the last two years of his life, van Gogh also executed a number of self-portraits, had a brief, turbulent friendship with Gauguin (they were roommates until one final argument took place), veered in and out of madness (institutionalizing himself from time to time) and continued to have a disastrous love life. In a bungled suicide attempt, he shot himself on July 27th, 1890, but didn’t die until two days later. Vincent van Gogh died having sold one painting in his lifetime.
Vincent van Gogh’s Paintings:
Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital 1
Valley with Ploughman Seen from Above
Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass with a Book
Crypresses with Two Female Figures
Enclosed Field with Rising Sun
Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries
Green Wheat Field with Cypress
Harvest at La Crau, with Montmaiour in the Background
Lane in Voyer d Argenson Park at Asnieres
Les Alpilles, Mountainous Landscape near Saint-Remy
Marguerite Gachet in the Garden
Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background
Palm Trees against a Red Sky with Setting Sun
Portrait of Milliet, Second Lieutanant of the Zouaves
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin 4
Public Garden with Couple and Blue Fir Tree
Self Portrait in Front of the Easel
Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe
Self Portrait with Grey Felt Hat 2
Still Life - Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background
Still Life - Vase with Oleanders and Books
Still Life with Coffee Mill, Pipe Case and Jug
Thatched Cottages in the Sunshine - Reminiscence of the Nort
The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles at Night
The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles
The Fourteenth of July Celebration in Paris
The Langlois Bridge at Arles 1
The Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing 2
The Painter on His Way to Work
The Seine with the Pont de Clichy
The View from the Artist s Room, Rue Lepic 2
Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital 1
Vase with Gladioli and Carnations
Vase with Poppies, Cornflowers, Peonies and Chrysanthemums
View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground
Village Street and Stairs with Figures
Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haute Gallinle Near Eygali
Wheat Field with the Alpilles Foothills in the Background
Young Peasant Woman with Straw Hat Sitting in the Wheat
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