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Vincent Van Gogh was born on the 30th of March 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland to an outstandingly religious family with his father being a minister. Vincent Van Gogh’s top 10 most famous artworks were ‘Wheat field in Cypresses’, ‘, ‘The mulberry tree’, ‘Starry night over the Rhone’, ‘The Night Cafe, ‘The irises’ and ‘Blossoming Almond tree. However, Van Gogh’s paintings ‘Sunflowers’ and ‘The starry night’ which were the most famous paintings of his artistic profession. Many of Van Gogh’s creations were painted in the artistic capital city of Paris in France. During his Lifetime Vincent Van Gogh produced approximately 900 paintings and 1’000 illustrations and sketches. However, Van Gogh throughout his career, accomplished a sale of an individual …show more content…

A use of curved lines to create the earthy look of the branches and the outline of the blossoms. Also, broken lines and colour are used to create a unique look. Van Gogh’s use of organic shapes such as buds, flower petals, leaf shapes, tree, connecting stems and also the branches. It is evident that Van Gogh’s painting uses beautiful muted hues of blue, pink, white and green and black. Therefore, using shades of blue including teal, light sky, light blue, shades of green including army green, apple green, chartreuse green, gold and hues of pink: sideshow rose and rosewood (dark pink/red). Notably using a cool colour scheme and lighter blues, greens and pinks to highlight and the darker colours such as rosewood, army green and black to create shadows within the painting and the blossoms. Van Gogh incorporates his inner feelings into this painting by including a variety of symbolism through colours and symbols. Teal represents feeling calm, tranquil, having energy and creativity. Green represents harmony, growth and emotional safety. The black of branches represents mystery, elegance and power. Pink symbolises love, friendship and romance. White represents purity. Also interestingly enough blossoms represent peace, resurrection, beauty, promise, hope and humility. It is clear that Van Gogh was influenced by the Japanese and also that he created this painting as …show more content…

He extensively influenced the way modern art is produced and the use of certain artistic techniques. Furthermore, during the twentieth century, his artworks were relatively radical and creative for his time and the use of expressionism and post-impressionism to expose his emotions on the canvas using colours throughout his diverse range of paintings. It is, however, evident that the people of the early twentieth century were not ready to embrace the beauty and genius of his style and artworks. Van Gogh produced many artworks under the post-impressionism/expressionism genre counting: Starry night (1889), Café Terrace at night (1888), Blossoming almond tree (1890), self-portrait with straw hat ( 1887) and wheat field with cypresses as some prime examples . A key idea in post-impressionism is to show personal deeper meaning, order, a diversity of abstract shapes and emotions to connect with the viewer of the art in a deeper emotional awakening way. Van Gogh used vivid colours, deep colour combinations, emotional and personal expression, an abstract perspective on ordinary geometric and organic shapes, a unique and inventive style of painting and has inspired and extensively influenced artists of the modern era who attempt to live up to his artistic genius. He should be remembered in 100 years’ time due to his inventive, beautiful, eccentric paintings that he produced even under the

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