Vincent van Gogh - Starry Night

Vincent van gogh

He began drawing the people in Belgium, and in 1885, he painted his first important work, The Potato Eaters. He usually painted in dark colors at this time.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter.

His work had a great influence on modern art because of its striking colours and emotional power.

In March 1886, he moved to Paris and found out about the French impressionists. Later, he moved to the south of France, and the colors in his art became brighter. His special style of art was developed and later fully grown during the time he stayed in Arles in 1888.

He suffered from delusions and fits of mental illness. When he was 37, he died by committing suicide.

Info

Starry night

It is regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture. It is the only nocturne in the series of views from his bedroom window.

Starry Night Analysis - Date of Creation: 1889 - Height (cm): 73.70 - Length (cm): 92.10 - Medium: Oil - Support: Canvas - Subject: Landscapes - Characteristics: Post-impressionism - Framed: Yes - Art Movement: Post-Impressionism - Created by: Vincent van Gogh - Current Location: New York - Owner: Museum of Modern Art

starry night (Animation)

Painted in June 1889, it depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an idealized village.

Researchers have determined that Venus was indeed visible at dawn in Provence in the spring of 1889, and was at that time nearly as bright as possible. So the brightest "star" in the painting, just to the viewer's right of the cypress tree, is actually Venus.

The night sky depicted by van Gogh in this painting is brimming with whirling clouds, shining stars, and a bright crescent moon. The moon is stylized and it isn't astronomically correct.

In the left foreground is a curvy cypress tree which is typically associated with mourning.

Cypress trees have long been associated with death in European culture, though the question of whether Van Gogh intended for them to have such a symbolic meaning in The Starry Night is the subject of an open debate.

Van Gogh´s passion for nighttime is evident in the Starry Night painting, where the powerful sky sits above the quiet town. It seems that van Gogh is contrasting life and death with luminous stars and a gloomy, peaceful village. The main light sources are the bright stars and crescent moon.

Van Gogh's use of white and yellow creates a spiral effect and draws attention to the sky. Vertical lines such as the cypress tree and church tower softly break up the composition without retracting from the powerful night sky depicted in Starry Night.

The pigment analysis has shown that the sky was painted with ultramarine and cobalt blue and for the stars and the moon van Gogh employed the rare pigment indian yellow together with zinc yellow.

Van Gogh made no less than 21 variations of the Starry Night under different light conditions and weather, just because he wasn't completely satisfied with the final output.

In a letter to painter Émile Bernard from late November 1889, Van Gogh referred to the painting as a "failure."

some videos

Euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.

"Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is often erroneously titled after its opening refrain, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting The Starry Night. McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971 American Pie album; the following year, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, and peaked at No. 12 in the United States

Vincent by don mc Lean

Listen

A song to Vincent van Gogh

Some Activities 4 U!!!

Thanks!

Copyright © 2021 The Crazy Teacher.All Rights Reserved.