It has always been
after all,
For 10 years
the table and wrote long letters to his brother Theo.
about the artist's life. The letters contain sketches of Van Gogh's paintings, which have become recognized masterpieces.
Every evening Vincent sat down at
Thanks to these letters, we learn
considered indecent
to read other
people's letters
letters are
very personal,
intimate
Briefly about
He lived in poverty, in constant
Van Gogh
children. And only one of the brothers, Theo, tried to help Vincent in everything, tried to ease his difficult fate.
Time for one job
hours
36
In creativity
years
10
Number of paintings
paintings
2k
Style
post - impressionism
Genre
portrait, landscape and still life
Characters and images
workers and their simple way of life
worries and mental disorders. He was not recognized, his creations were not sold, he lived at the expense of his brother Theo.
Vincent's family had five other
Dutch
Mood:
period
01/
before
1886
1886
Colour
Genre
Images
brown and olive
portrait and still life
peasants and mines
poor people. Such works were not in demand.
«A woman sewing»
1885 year
«Potato Eaters»
1885 year
At first Van Gogh painted mostly
Would you hang
a portrait of
But he persistently portrays exactly this category of people.
a beggar in your house?
Vincent sought to create an artistic
language that would be able to convey
the unusual intensity
of the experience of reality
by the author himself.
The artistic image
was born on his canvases
as a result of contact
with the
surrounding reality.
At this time, he still does not
consider himself a possible discoverer of the "mining genre". For now, it is enough that in a working man he correctly guessed the hero who will be destined to play an important role in the art of the future.
And after a year and a half, Vincent
himself already dreams of creating an artistic image of an "unknown worker" - a miner or a weaver. Moreover, it is this desire that makes him take up a pencil and become an artist.
«Portrait of a man»
1885 year
«Portrait of a woman»
1885 year
Parisian
Mood:
period
02/
March 1886-February 1888
Colour
Genre
Images
light tones
portrait, still life, landscape
plaster, self-portrait
He made a lot of drawings,
«Self-portrait with a straw hat»
1887 year
«Agostina Segatori at the Tambourine Cafe»
1885 year
The circle of communication has
Van Gogh's work was influenced
but he never let
their strong influence
get the better of him.
His palette began to move away from
of the Dutch homeland
and he began to use
the vibrant
colors of the
Impressionists.
constantly experimented with oil, brushstroke, color. Meets artists and studies. After that, he worked in a workshop that Theo rented for him.
significantly expanded. Together with his brothers, he goes to different places, meets girls and even has affairs. In the cafe "Tambourine" he had a friend named Agostina Segatori, who owned this place. He painted her portrait at a table in her cafe, then there were several paintings in the style of "nude". They even had a brief affair.
by the methods of the Impressionists, but he always remained faithful to his unique style. For two years Van Gogh used some elements of the Impressionist technique,
the dark, traditional colors
Van Gogh became
Within 2 years
In addition to the noise of the big city,
disgusted
with Paris
Vincent was also undermined by
Vincent undermined his health
due to malnutrition
excessive alcohol
consumption
and smoking.
«Portrait of a woman. Madame Tangi.»
1887 year
«Sirene Restaurant in Asnieres»
1887 year
the reason was disappointment: Van Gogh saw the difficulties of the artists' lives, their constant squabbles, envy, quarrels, misunderstanding of the audience. As a true idealist, he dreamed of a commune of artists, where a different atmosphere would reign — creativity, camaraderie.
the weather in Paris.
There was no greater happiness
for him than spending time
outdoors in good weather.
Arles
Mood:
period
03/
February
1888-May 1889
1888-May 1889
Colour
Genre
Images
blue, yellow
portrait, still life, landscape
self-portrait, nature, people
The dream is a "Workshop of the
«Portrait of Solitaire Escalier, a shepherd from Provence»
1888 year
«Starry night over the Rhone»
1888 year
His creative manner is determined,
Everything was going as well as possible.
South", equipped on the principle of a commune, where artists will be engaged only in creativity. Brother Theo has agreed to finance the "project", Gauguin, the most important person in the future brotherhood, is coming.
there is a synthesis of drawing and color, and the same presence of impressionism.
The artist claims that he is not
an adherent of this genre,
but the life of nature
says the opposite.
in his paintings,
expressed so intensely,
And finally,
The joint plein-air work of two
Gauguin
arrives
and on Christmas Eve
the grinding reached
its apogee.
and the work moved to the studio,
the relationship deteriorated rapidly,
Everything
leads to a
catastrophe
with a seizure
and a severed ear.
Found unconscious in the
personalities of opposite natures begins perfectly, but as the weather began to deteriorate
morning after the incident, the artist was taken to the hospital by the police.
After discharge,
due to a new seizure,
he is admitted to the hospital
for the second time,
on temporary then
Van Gogh decides
isolation in the hospital for
the insane in Saint-Remy.
Saint-Remy
Mood:
period
04/
May
Colour
Genre
Images
bright colors
portrait, still life, landscape
self-portrait, nature, people
The condition is getting worse.
«Despair, An old man in grief on the threshold of eternity»
1890 year
«Vincent's bedroom in Arles»
1889 year
Dr. Peyron allows Vincent to create
1889-1890
The seizures
and during a severe attack,
Van Gogh tried
to poison himself
by trying to swallow
his own paints.
«Starry Night»
1889 year
From May 1889 to May 1890 he was in a psychiatric hospital.
The artist had to spend
and even provides a special room for this. In turn, Van Gogh continues to work, in such hard work he sees salvation from his illness.
nights in the hospital,
and during the day
he painted pictures.
are repeated
Oversky
Mood:
period
05/
May -
July 1890
July 1890
Colour
Genre
Images
dark shades
portrait, still life, landscape
landscape, portrait, people
The village of Auvers-sur-Oise
«Portrait of Dr. Gachet»
1890 year
«Margarita Gachet in the garden»
1890 year
«Landscape with Chateau Auver at sunset»
1890 year
becomes his last refuge, where he is under the supervision and treatment of Dr. Gachet.
After Vincent's death, Theo fell into a deep depression, after which there were signs of mental disorder.
He died at the "Medical Institute of the Mentally Ill" at the age of 33 in 1891 — just six months after the death of Vincent van Gogh.
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