Why was Vincent Van Gogh Famous? Vincent Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherland. Growing up Vincent was the oldest child, he had five siblings two brothers, and three sisters. Vincent spend most of his time with his new born brother Theo. He had to take care of his brother seen his mother and father had to work. Since Vincent didn’t have time to go to school he had to get home schooled. Even though Vincent had to get home schooled he didn’t let that stop him. After Vincent stopped taking care of his little brother Theo he went off to become famous for his painting skills. Vincent Van Gogh moved to Paris and he discovered impressionists and post impressionists art. While in Paris Vincent Van Gogh also was practicing his painting skills. He was a dutch painter whose work had vivid color and emotional impact which influenced the 20th century art. He battled mental illness and anxiety throughout his life. It was no lie that Vincent Van Gogh was a talent artist, but along the way there was obstacles that Vincent had to face. Some say “It made him turn mental. One of them obstacles that Vincent Van Gogh had to face was thinking he was a bother to his brother. When Vincent was younger and had to take care of his little brother Theo, and that made them very close to each other, but when Vincent moved to Paris to jump start his art career he had to leave behind his brother. When Theo became older he became very successful he was a Dutch film director, film producer, columnist, author and actor. He has always wanted to repay Vincent back for all of them years he took care of him, so to help out Vincent with his art career and gave him money, but Vincent felt like his brother was giving him too much and after ... ... middle of paper ... ...n’t tell him until the night he was leaving this was one thing that was going to push Vincent to his breaking point. When Vincent found out what was going on he was upset his brother tried to tell him that he was doing this for their family, but Vincent didn’t want to hear that. Vicent though that the only reason his brother was doing this was to get away from him, some people say the only reason Vincent was mad, because his brother was becoming famous and Vincent was still in the same place he has always been in. In 1889, two months later Vincent Van Gogh shot himself leaving his family with question on why didn’t he asks them for help. References / Bibliography Website:http://www.easybib.com/cite/eval?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vangoghgallery.com%2Fmisc%2Fdeath.html Website: http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/timeline.html Website: http://www.vggallery.com/
...ded after his death, it was Artaud that claimed, “No, Van Gogh is not crazy, he was pushed to suicidal despair by a society which rejected his works.” Whether or not Artaud’s theory is correct, Vincent Van Gogh was in fact very ill and his paintings are famous for how lucid they are in illustrating the way his mental illness affected him. Van Gogh’s post-impressionist style is very unique of the late 19th century in France and most of his work was done with impasto technique as a way of expression. It is recognizable that his illness had a larger impact on his paintings’ subject matters than the style they were painted in. Vincent Van Gogh’s fame mostly came after his death, and while his paintings did help him to express himself, they now live on to visually translate the true, unwritten stories of his life and the effects paintings have with a mental illness.
Vincent Van Gogh (30 M arch 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter. Unpopular at his time but still his own worst critic, he suffered from painful anxiety and mental illness, and died at the age of 37.
Finally, at sixteen, Van Gogh wanted to figure out what it would be like to live on his own. So, he left home to earn a living at an art gallery. From that point on, Van Gogh couldn't seem to keep a steady job until about 1885.
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He was born into a middle class family that sometimes struggled financially. His grandfather was a famous preacher and his father was a minister so religion was pretty important within his family. The other passion within the family was art. His mother was an artist and three of his uncles and later his brother were art dealers. He got his first job at age 15, at his uncle’s art dealership. The fact that Vincent’s family was struggling at this time gave him the responsibility to leave school and go to work. Despite his family 's misfortune, van Gogh was fluent in 4 languages and his concern with art and religion kept growing. At the age of 20, he was transferred to the Goupil Gallery in London. It was there that he fell in love with art and English culture. He visited galleries in his spare time and in many aspects increased his understanding as a whole. In this period of time he started to fall in love with a woman named Eugenie Loyer. Vincent was prepared to ask her to marry him, but Eugenie didn’t feel the same as he did so she rejected the proposal and this caused van Gogh to suffer a mental breakdown. In this time he turned to God and threw away all unnecessary possessions except for the bible. He was fired from the Gallery for telling the customers “not to buy the worthless art.” Vincent then started teaching at a Methodist school and preached on the side a little. This was the first time in his life where he started to contemplate becoming a minister. He studied for a year planing to take the entrance exam to become a minister at the School of Theology in Amsterdam. He was denied entrance after refusing to take the Latin exam calling it a “de...
1. Theo , Vincent Van Gogh's Brother thought it be for the best if Vincent would return to Paris and be care by Dr. Paul Gachet .
Using phraseology similar to that of Pollock, one could say that there are four van Goghs: the failing peasant, the successful sophisticate, the eccentric meaningful lover, and the van Gogh of the present day. All who have knowledge of the artist would know how complex his life was, and so it is not incredible to believe that he was all these things during his relatively short life. (Born in 1853, he died at the age of only 37, in 1890.) An alternate definition of Pollock’s statement is the following:
What drove Vincent Van Gogh, born March 30,1853, to his mental illness and suicide? Could it have been the many things he tried, but failed at in his life? He failed in many different careers, in love, and even his artwork. Van Gogh sold only one painting his entire life. Because of his mental illness, he was considered a crazy person.
Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853 and died in an asylum at saint-Remy in 1890. As his father was a minister he was brought up in very religious and cultured surroundings and was a man of deep religious belief. Van Gogh tried many jobs unsuccessfully and his career as an artist lasted only 10 years from 1880 – 1890. In 1886 Van Gogh moved to Paris to stay with his brother Theo, with whom he had a very close relationship and whose unfailing financial support allowed Van Gogh to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo was an art dealer and through him Vincent met the impressionists Pissarro, Monet and Gauguin. The influences of these men caused him to move away from more formal painting, to experiment with, and develop, new techniques, to lighten the colours he used and to paint in the short brush strokes of the Impressionists. As well as this he was also influenced to paint using tubes, enabling him to paint ‘en plein air’. All things Japanese were very fashionable in Paris at the time and Van Gogh copied the style of Japanese prints in their use of strong outlines and large flat areas of colour, visible in the backgrounds of some of his portraits. Van Gogh moved to Arles in the south of France in February 1888; this was his ‘golden year’. He loved Arles and the bright light which seemed very beautiful to him. While there, Van Gogh lived in ‘The Yellow House’ and later when he invited Gauguin to stay he decorated his room in a series of his famous yellow sunflowers.
... the 20th century vogue in romanticized psychological biography. Who knows of how many other great paintings he could have completed in the following years. Although his life was cut short, Vincent van Gogh has since been recognized as one of the great geniuses of modern art. He was clearly one of the greatest postimpressionism painters of all time.
Vincent was an influential post-Impressionist painter born in 1853, Netherlands. With Theo van Gogh’s association, Vincent met reputable Impressionist painters such as Émile Henri Bernard and Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin. Impressionism served as a platform for Vincent in developing his own style . He explored with colours, a stark contrast from his usual dark and sombre style. The influence of Japonisme charmed Vincent into residing in Arles where he began painting landscapes. Thereafter, Vincent voluntarily checked into Saint-Rémy sanatorium where his works reflected strong colours and lights of the countryside around him. His manic depression and epileptic condition, led to his suicide on July 27th 1890.
Deemed as one the greatest and most famous Post-Impressionism painters of his time, I would say that Vincent Van Gogh was a very successful artist. Though he may have had some issues, theses issues are what helped him produce the great art that we have of his today. Many people would call him a “tortured soul” of sorts, but what artist isn’t? Vincent Van Gogh had done so much in his lifetime and accomplished so much in such a short career, which I believe is astounding. Many people say people do crazy things for what they love and I truly believe that Vincent Van Gogh did crazy things for his love art and expression.
...know the way he was feeling at any point in his life. I don’t know that there were a lot of psychiatrists and therapists around during his time but while researching him, it seemed like he was in touch with at least two doctors in his life that helped him with his psychological issues. So if Vincent Van Gogh were alive today I would still have him talk to doctors or one psychiatrist that he is comfortable with.
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s greatest and most well-known artists, but when he was alive he considered himself to be a complete failure. It was not until after he died that Van Gogh’s paintings received the recognition they deserved. Today he is thought to be the second best Dutch artist, after Rembrandt. Born in 1853, he was one of the biggest artistic influences of the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh created a new era of art, he learned to use art to escape his mental illness, and he still continues to inspire artists over 100 years later.
Vincent Van Gogh, a famous French artist painted throughout his life. Although Vincent Van Gogh was self taught, part of his success eventually resulted because of the influences in his life of his brother Theodorus, his nearly perpetual depression, and his time in a mental institution.
I found a website from a person that is an expert on Van Gogh. He writes that Van Gogh had a history of physical and mental problems because he was poor and very malnourished (FAQ). He was addicted to the dangerous narcotic drink absinthe (FAQ). He also had many physical problems like, tinnitus, syphilis, lead poisoning, Meniere’s syndrome and a form of epilepsy