Art Awareness

1. Art Awareness Vincent Van Gogh

2. Worth over 200,000 IPAD 3’s today ! • = $105M • Irises ( 1890)

3. Worth over 300,000 IPAD 3’s today ! • = $150M • Portrait of Dr. Gachet ( 1890)

4. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) • Dutch "Post Impressionist" painter in the 19th Century • His work is known for its: • Rough beauty • Emotional honesty • Bold color • His work had far reaching influence on 20th-century art

5. Typically used to describe French art between 1886 - 1914 • Impressionist art was characterized by the use of: • Vivid colors • Thick application of paint • Distinctive brush strokes • Real life subject matter • Post-impressionist art was inclined to: • Emphasize geometric forms, • Distort form for expressive effect, • Use unnatural or arbitrary color Paul Cezanne (1839–1906) Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (available at the Art Institute of Chicago) Georges Seurat(1859–1891)

6. Born: March, 30th 1853 in Southern Holland • He was regarded as a quiet child who demonstrated no inclination or talent for art • Received his first instruction in drawing in middle school • At age 16, he started working at a firm of art dealers, then as a bookstore clerk and then as a missionary to miners in Belgium

7. Vincent's brother Theo encouraged him to pursue art Van Gogh taught himself how to draw at home • He tested various different techniques and styles along with experimenting with different subject matters • Many of his early pieces were dark and serious, in the style of earlier Dutch painters--heavy and rich using a palette of dark colors

8. Most of his work depicted peasant life, which could be attributed to his work with the miners in Belgium. The Potato Eaters (1885)

9. Van Gogh moved to Paris at his brother's suggestion in 1886 • In Paris, he came into contact with several neo-impressionist, impressionist and Japanese artists who greatly influenced his style of painting • While at Paris, Van Gogh mostly focused on portraits and still-life paintings

10. Influenced by Monet, Van Gogh began playing with colors to depict natural light in his work, such as in “Still Life with Lemons on a Plate”(1887).

11. Influenced by Bernard, he adopted elements of ‘pointillism’, as seen in “Restaurant de la Sirene at Asnieres”(1887).

12. Influenced by Monticelli, Van Gogh adopted a brighter palette and a bolder colors, particularly in paintings such as his “Seascape at Saintes-Maries” (1888).

13. Influenced by Japanese Art and woodblock prints, Van Gogh incorporated distinctive cropping of objects in his compositions, bold and assertive outlines, and flat regions of uniform color, and uniform lighting.

14. In 1888, tired of the life in Paris, Van Gogh left for Arles He was enchanted by the local landscape and the vibrant light in Arles He painted local landscapes using a gridded "perspective frame". The patchwork of fields and avenues appear flat and lack perspective, but excel in their intensity of color.

15. His works from the period are richly draped in yellow, ultramarine and mauve. He would sketch different versions before painting to help evoke the particular feeling he wanted. He also used symbols, such as flowers that represented sun in the "Willows at Sunset”

16. After living in Arles for several months, Vincent van Gogh leased several rooms in a brightly colored house in town, which he called the Yellow House. It is here that he created some of his most famous paintings like the ones with the “Twelve Sunflowers” and “The Bedroom in Arles”.

17. Vincent created a famous series of sunflowers in vases to decorate his friend and artist Paul Gauguin bedroom in Arles. He utilized yellow and brown tones to emit the various emotions of sunflowers based on sunlight. This painting currently resides in the National Gallery, London UK.

18. "Bedroom in Arles" shows Van Gogh’s knowledge of color theory with oranges against blues, and red and greens He omitted shadows from the picture. The lack of shadows, along with the distorted perspective, makes some of the objects appear to be falling or not steady This painting resides in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

19. Shortly thereafter, due to ill health, Van Gogh was forced into an asylum in nearby Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. • It is while here that he created “Starry Night”, that has become one of the most celebrated art masterpieces of all time. • “Irises” was another famous painting from his last years, inspired by the nature surrounding him. The use of black contours in Irises is a typical element of Japanese woodblock prints.

20. "Starry Night" depicts his signature style of using visible and swirling brush strokes and intense color choices which might show his mood and state of mind. The “Starry Night” offers a great example of movement in painting. This painting resides in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

21. Van Gogh died on July 29, 1890 at the age of 37 • Within a 10 year span, he produced around • 900 oil and water color paintings, • 1100 drawings and sketches • 40 self-portraits • That's about a painting or sketch every other day! • However, during his entire lifetime he only sold one painting!

22. Sold for 350-400 francs which is less than $100 in today’s worth.

24. What country is Van Gogh from? • What country did Van Gogh create most of his paintings? • What are some of the artistic features of a Van Gogh painting? • What varieties of paintings did Van Gogh create? • What were the subjects of Van Gogh’s paintings? • What is the name of Van Gogh’s most famous painting? • Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime - which one was it? • Which flower is most commonly associated with Van Gogh?