The characteristics of Van Gogh’s paintings (brushstrokes, colors, painting objects)

His life was the most difficult and glorious life that a person has ever experienced..."

The 37-year-old Van Gogh shot himself in despair...

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Today, Van Gogh has become a great artist who is worshiped by others, an anomaly, an eternal genius and ascetic in the history of art... ----- [Van Gogh Art Museum]

< p>The great nineteenth-century art master Vincent van Gogh (referred to as Van Gogh on this site) was born on March 30, 1853, in a priest family in Zundet, southern Netherlands. His father's name was Theodore van Gogh. He was a local pastor. His mother was Anna Cornelia. Four years later, Van Gogh’s younger brother Theo was born. He was Van Gogh’s biggest and staunchest supporter and admirer in his life.

Van Gogh didn't like studying when he was a child, but he was very talented in languages. He could speak English, German, and French, and he could also write letters in them, as well as Latin and Greek, which he learned when he was studying religion, as well as his native Dutch. He always knew six languages. This shows that Van Gogh is a very smart person, he is not a madman! This point must be clarified! Please see the article "Crazy" cannot be used to describe him.

In 1861, Van Gogh entered primary school. In 1869, the 16-year-old Van Gogh entered the Paris Goubier Company under the introduction of the art dealer Uncle Vincent (who has the same name as Van Gogh, referred to as Uncle Vincent). The largest gallery in Europe at the time, this shop was founded by Uncle Vincent. The current manager is the young Mr. Tersteeg. The shop sells paintings and replicas of famous paintings. Because of his outstanding work, he was transferred to the London branch. Van Gogh's simple, sincere, and enthusiastic personality made others like him. His future seemed bright, because his uncle was one of the largest art dealers in Europe at that time. , and he was considered the ideal successor to this famous art dealer.

Through his work during this period, Van Gogh learned a lot of art knowledge and read a lot of literary works (Van Gogh spent his whole life. He loved reading (as can be seen from his letters), which gave him a high appreciation of art at a very young age, which also laid the foundation for him to become an outstanding artist in the future. His favorite painters were Miller, Rembrandt, Breton and others.

In 1871, his father was transferred to Hellwater.

In the summer of 1872, Van Gogh returned to Hellwater. Walter visited his parents and met his younger brother Theo, who was studying abroad. In August, Theo went to The Hague. Van Gogh and his brother spent a pleasant and unforgettable time. After Theo left, they began a lifelong correspondence. Correspondence. These more than 650 letters written by Van Gogh to Theo are the most important information for us to understand Van Gogh (please see the collection of Van Gogh’s letters on this site)

In 1873, Theo began to He worked in the Brussels branch of Goupil Company and became colleagues with Van Gogh.

In 1874, Van Gogh failed to propose to his landlord's daughter in London, which made him frustrated for the first time. He lost his passion for work, and his customers and co-workers looked down upon him. Finally in early 1876, Van Gogh was fired by Goupil.

Van Gogh found a job as a teacher through a job advertisement in a newspaper. In April 1876, he came to Ramsgate, a seaside town in England, and worked as an unpaid trainee teacher in a school run by Mr. Stokes. In July, the school moved to Isleworth, but Van Gogh still did not receive his salary after the probation period. He began to look for other options. At this time, he was fortunate enough to get acquainted with the local Pastor Jones, and worked as an assistant teacher in the school run by the pastor. Later, he became an assistant pastor, and Van Gogh even had his first missionary. This is exactly what he dreamed of, because after falling out of love in London, he had already devoted himself to religion and became a "religious fanatic".

In December, Van Gogh went home for Christmas. He never returned to England. The specific reason is unknown.

In 1877, with the help of Uncle Vincent again, Van Gogh worked as a clerk in a bookstore in Dordrecht. But because he was immersed in religion, he neglected his work and lost his job again four months later.

In May 1877, with his father's permission, he came to Amsterdam and stayed at the house of Uncle John, who was the commander of the Dutch Navy at the time, to prepare for the entrance examination to the seminary. Van Gogh's uncle was a highly respected pastor and found him the best teacher.

But being anxious for practical work and hating the obscure Latin and Greek, he gave up further studies.

In July 1878, he entered the Brussels Missionary School to study, but still did not obtain a graduation appointment letter.

In December of the same year, he decided to go to the Borinage mining area in Belgium to work as a pastor. It was a hell-like place, where miners lived an inhuman life and there were frequent gas explosions. In order to help the miners as much as possible, Van Gogh lived and ate in the same shabby houses as the miners and gave them all his food and belongings. Later, because his work was too "enthusiastic" and his image was too "ugly", the church considered him Damaged the pastor's image and fired him. But Van Gogh's actions were respected by the miners, and some regarded him as a saint.

After being fired again, Van Gogh did not leave immediately, but continued to engage in voluntary missionary and relief work. At this time, he planned to engage in art!

In October 1880, on the recommendation of a friend, he went to Brussels to study and create.

In April 1881, Van Gogh returned to Eton where his parents lived. He began to study and create paintings, but his family and relatives began to be disappointed in him (in fact, they have always been disappointed). But at this time, Van Gogh's deep passion for art had just begun to burn.

While at Eton, he fell in love with his recently widowed cousin Kay (the daughter of the pastor’s uncle who had helped Van Gogh). He and Kay got on well, but when he proposed to marry When she got married, she was rejected again! Kay fled back to Amsterdam. The infatuated Van Gogh went to the residence of Kai's parents to find her, but Kai's father refused Van Gogh's request. Van Gogh put one hand on the lit candle and deliberately let the fire burn himself. Kai's father finally had to blow it out. Candles... Van Gogh left anyway.

After being hit again, Van Gogh came to The Hague. He got help from his already famous painter relative Anton Mauve (also translated as Mauve). Under his guidance, his painting skills improved rapidly. He also has the support of Tersteeg, the manager of the Goubil branch in The Hague. But later due to various reasons, for example, Van Gogh once rejected Mauve's suggestion: to paint plaster statues. However, it is more reasonable to say that it was because Van Gogh dated the prostitute Sean that he finally broke off with Mauve and Tersteeg. His life was in trouble again. He could only rely on the money sent by his brother Theo every month to maintain his life, and this life of relying on his brother continued until Van Gogh committed suicide.

In February 1882, Van Gogh met his wife Sean and lived with her. Out of sympathy for his tragic life, Van Gogh decided to live a peaceful life with Sean. Everyone was against their union, even Theo. They eventually broke up.

In mid-September, after breaking up with Sean, Van Gogh left The Hague for Drenthe in the north of the Netherlands and began a few months of wandering and creation.

At the end of 1883, the 30-year-old Van Gogh came to his parents' new home in Newnan.

On March 26, 1885, Van Gogh’s father passed away. At that time, Van Gogh completed one of his famous works (the so-called famous is the evaluation of later generations, and no one knew about Van Gogh at that time) "The Potato Eaters". During this period, Van Gogh was influenced by the Dutch School of Painting, Rembrandt and other painters. His paintings were deep, thick, and had a strong local flavor. On the one hand, he likes to paint farmers out of respect and admiration for laborers, and he is also influenced by his spiritual mentor, Miller.

In November 1885, Van Gogh went to Antwerp to study while creating. He began to admire Rubens and came into contact with Japanese ukiyo-e paintings.

In February 1886, Van Gogh suddenly went to Paris to live with his brother Theo. Theo was already a well-known art dealer at the time, and he highly admired Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painters. Under the introduction of his younger brother, Van Gogh met painters such as Paul Gauguin, Emile Bernard, Toulouse-Lautrec, Camille Pissarro, and Seurat. He also got acquainted with Tang Ji, who sells painting supplies. During this period, Van Gogh was deeply influenced by Impressionist painting. His paintings became bright and fresh, and he used some Impressionist techniques such as pointillism. At the same time, he also began the creation of his famous self-portraits.

In early 1888, the 35-year-old Van Gogh was tired of the city life in Paris and came to Arles, a small town in southern France, in search of the bright sunshine and boundless farmland he longed for. He rented the "yellow house" and prepared to build a "painter's home" (also known as the "Southern Studio"). His creation really reached its climax.

"Sunflowers", "Night Cafe-Outdoor", "Night Cafe-Indoor", "Harvest Scene" and "Seaside Fishing Boat" are representative works of this period. But he still can only rely on Theo's support to live.

While in Arles, Van Gogh met the postman Lulin. The kind-hearted Lulin may be Van Gogh's only friend in Arles. Van Gogh also painted many portraits of the family.

In October, Gauguin came to Arles to live with Van Gogh, which was what Van Gogh had dreamed of. In order to decorate Gauguin's house, he planned to paint a dozen (12 pictures) of sunflowers, but unfortunately he did not finish them. His feelings towards Gauguin were complicated. He respected Gauguin, but they often quarreled over personality differences and artistic differences. Later, Van Gogh often became mentally disturbed due to overwork. After a quarrel with Gauguin, he lost his mind and attempted to "assassinate" Gauguin. After Gauguin ran away, Van Gogh returned to the "Yellow House", cut off part of his right ear and dedicated it to a local prostitute... .This is the famous "ear-cutting incident". Gauguin left, and Van Gogh's grand plan to establish a "painter's home" came to an end. He also became mired in mental illness.

In April 1889, Theo got married.

In May, Van Gogh came to the monastery of Saint-Remy with complicated emotions to receive psychiatric treatment (Van Gogh should have suffered from epilepsy. Some people have concluded that Van Gogh suffered from this disease. There is a genetic component as there is a history of this in their family).

He has attacks every once in a while, but he is usually very sober (epileptic patients are like normal people when they are not having attacks), and he has also created a large number of works. At this time, Van Gogh had completely surpassed Impressionism, formed his own unique style, and became a master of painting with his heart!

Van Gogh believed: Painting cannot just be satisfied with imitating the external image of things... but should depict nature with feeling and truth while expressing the artist's subjective opinions and emotions, so that the work has personality and Unique style.

It can be said that using painting to express the artist's subjective feelings has been the theme of some subsequent painting schools and even the entire modern art. But at that time, people such as Van Gogh and Gauguin were not understood at all, so Van Gogh only sold one oil painting in his life. His artistic creation in the past ten years was all carried out with the funding of Theo. "Starry Night" is the most famous work of Saint-Remy's period, and can also be said to be the most famous of all his works.

In May 1890, Van Gogh went to Paris to meet his brother Theo, his wife, and their son who was just over a year old (Van Gogh’s nephew was also named Vincent Van Gogh , later became an outstanding engineer, and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, was established under his efforts)

On May 21, Van Gogh moved to Auvers near Paris to receive treatment from Dr. Gachet. . Everything went smoothly. But the famous work "Wheatfield and Crows" is considered to foreshadow Van Gogh's death.

July 27, Sunday. While out sketching, Van Gogh shot himself! But he missed his vitals and was carried home, but he refused to receive treatment. (It is also said that the bullet was too deep and could no longer be treated.)

Early on the morning of July 28, Theo rushed to Orville. He sat beside Van Gogh's bed and recalled his childhood days with him...

Van Gogh said: "The pain will last forever"

At dawn on July 29, Van Gogh Gao died.

On July 30, a funeral was held. The only people attending the funeral were Theo, Gachet, Bernard, Lucien Pissarro (son of the famous painter Pissarro), and Tanguy.

In a letter found on Van Gogh after his suicide, Van Gogh said: "Speaking of my career, I risked my life for it, because of it, my sanity has become almost Collapse."

Theo was bedridden with grief, and died six months after Van Gogh's death.

Later, he was buried together with Van Gogh in the Auvers Cemetery. Their brothers' story will touch the world.

After that, with the efforts of Theo’s wife Joanna (she lent Van Gogh’s paintings to the exhibition. In fact, before Van Gogh’s death, some critics already praised Van Gogh). His reputation is growing.

Van Gogh’s mother died in 1907. He lived to see the day when his son became famous--and she regretted throwing away Van Gogh's painting.

Theo's wife Joanna sorted out Van Gogh's pile of paintings and drawings, as well as hundreds of letters written to Theo.

In 1914, Van Gogh's collection of letters was published.

Van Gogh's life gradually became known to people all over the world.

In 1927, Joanna died.

In 1934, "Longing for Life——The Biography of Van Gogh" was published. Today, this book has sold tens of millions of copies, and many people fell in love with Van Gogh through this book.

In 1962, with the efforts of Van Gogh’s nephew, the Dutch government built the National Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to permanently collect Van Gogh’s works and letters. This is also the art museum with the largest collection of Van Gogh's works.

In 1978, Van Gogh’s nephew passed away. He saw the completion of the Van Gogh Museum during his lifetime.

Today, Van Gogh has become a world-famous art master...

His "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" still maintains the highest record for world art auctions ------$82.5 million.

Van Gogh died at the age of 37, and his major works were completed in the last few years of his life. There are more than 800 oil paintings, more than 1,000 sketches, as well as watercolors, prints and other works. This site has only selected some of the most representative works to show you.

Van Gogh was a master of painting with his heart. He said: "My work is my body and soul. For it, I risk losing my life and sanity."

Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne are all outstanding post-Impressionists. Painters, they all transcend Impressionist painting, are mentors of modern art and eternal stars that illuminate the history of human art!

Note: In March 1987, Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" was bought by Japan's Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company at a high price of 22.5 million pounds at the London antique painting auction market. (According to the recent price comparison, 1 British pound = 15.8 yuan, which is approximately 355.5 million yuan, that is: 355.5 million yuan. At another auction, "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" sold for 82.5 million yuan. The U.S. dollar transaction still holds the highest record for art auctions in the world, equivalent to approximately RMB 684.75 billion, which is truly priceless)