Van Gogh's life and masterpiece?

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Analysis:

Vincent Van Gogh (1853 ~ 1890) was born in a Protestant family in Zandet, the Netherlands. Before he was 24, he worked as a clerk in Gupir painting shops in The Hague, London and Paris. Later, he became a missionary and preached in the Borina mining area in southwest Belgium. He was fired for sympathizing with and supporting the demands of poor miners. After living a life of extreme disappointment and poverty, he decided to liberate himself in the pursuit of art. After 1880, he studied everywhere, sought advice from the Royal Belgian Academy of Fine Arts, and learned G from the Dutch landscape painter Anton Moff, but finally decided to teach himself. He overcame all kinds of difficulties and tried to express the world according to his own understanding. Before 1886, his works were still in the exploratory stage, such as The Potato Eater and The Textile Worker. 1886, Van Gogh came to Paris with his younger brother, who was a senior employee of Gupier's painting shop, met Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, pissarro, Seurat and Cezanne, and attended the Impressionist Painters' Meeting. Thus greatly broadened the artistic vision and began a completely different painting method from the past, with strong colors and bright colors. 1February, 888, he and Gauguin went to arles in the south of France to sketch and paint for a year. This is the most important period for the formation of his artistic style. The towns, fields, flowers, rivers, farmhouses and churches under the strong sunshine in the south made him cry over and over again: "brighter, brighter!" "

At this time, he and Gauguin had already had differences with impressionism, but at the same time they had a strong interest in expressionism or symbolism. So there was a plan to establish "southern impressionism" or "impressionism separatism" Later, because their relationship deteriorated and Gauguin left, Van Gogh gradually parted ways after the incident of cutting off his ear. Therefore, they did not form any groups. 1890, Van Gogh returned to Paris and lived in Orwell-on-Vaz after a long-term hospitalization in Moso Mental Hospital in Saint Remy. He was given special treatment by Dr. Gasser, who painted diligently, including Dr. Gasser's Xiaoxiang and Orwell's Church. However, 1890, 10/October 27th, after an argument with Dr. Gasser, he suddenly shot himself and ended his life.

Van Gogh left a wealth of works in his life, and it was not until he left that he was gradually recognized by people. In these works, the author pursues the expression of self-spirit, and all forms jump and twist under the control of fierce spirit. This kind of art had a far-reaching influence on expressionism in the 20th century, especially the painters Su Ding and German expressionism, who absorbed many important principles from Van Gogh's works. He is the most influential painter in the Netherlands after Rembrandt. However, when he was still alive, a * * * only sold 1 painting.

1. The dismissed missionary

When everything seemed smooth sailing, something happened that made Fan Gaoda depressed. 1847, Van Gogh fell madly in love with the landlord's daughter, Jursula. But the girl didn't care about this dull Dutch youth and married someone else. The pain of first love humiliated Van Gogh's soul, made his character melancholy and irritable, and life entered a period of drift from place to place.

Van Gogh became more and more reticent after his lovelorn love. Lonely at this time, he gradually turned to religion, deeply immersed in the sacred thought beyond individual life, and had no intention of working as an art dealer. 1875 65438+In February, he went home quietly. Fired the following spring. After that, Van Gogh traveled to Paris, Ramsgate (England), Brussels and other places, and worked as a shop assistant, teacher and apprentice. During this period, he saw the poverty of the lower class and sympathized with them. In order to "comfort all the unfortunate people in the world", he pinned his hopes on religion.

1877, Van Gogh went to Amsterdam to prepare for the entrance examination for the seminary. He studies hard and spends 18 to 20 hours every day delving into the profound teachings and verb changes in Greek. However, the difficult homework made Van Gogh deeply hit. "I just want to bring peace to the poor, give them happiness in life and make them satisfied with their work. I want to do this, but why do I have to suffer so many setbacks and pains? "

While studying in Amsterdam, Van Gogh tried to realize his desire to become a priest to save the tragic soul of mankind, and on the other hand, he became more and more interested in painting. He often reads art magazines and visits art galleries. He was deeply impressed by the works of artists such as Miller and Rembrandt. He began to copy their works and often sketched in the wild. But this kind of research brought Van Gogh's ambivalence. The desire to paint Qian Qian's ten thousand worlds on canvas and the desire to devote themselves to missionary work surged in him like two fires. Although the latter (preaching) temporarily suppressed the former (painting), when the two merged, the desire for painting turned into a strong flame and burned violently. However, there are still many twists and turns and difficulties before convergence. Whenever Van Gogh thinks that his thoughts are out of line or he neglects his obligations, he punishes himself by lying in bed and hitting himself on the back with a stick. Soon, Van Gogh exiled himself, moved to a humble room without any furniture, and gave beautiful clothes and other things to others. This tendency of self-punishment reappeared vaguely in Van Gogh's later life.

1876, tired of learning, Van Gogh returned to the Garden of Eden and made up his mind to be a painter. At that time, Catherine, a newly widowed cousin, lived in his house. Van Gogh liked this cousin very much and then proposed. But Catherine was frightened by Van Gogh's fanatical love and fled back to her family. Unwilling, Van Gogh chased Amsterdam, put his hand under the kerosene lamp and begged to see her. Later, Van Gogh lived with Theon in The Hague, gave her everything, knowing that his behavior was extremely disorderly, and even cut off his ear in Arles, and finally ended his life tragically in Orff. These behaviors of the same nature all reflect Van Gogh's strong suicidal tendency. This tendency not only stems from the fanaticism of religious belief, but also aims to resist the unreasonable and secular laws of society. Van Gogh's self-punishment reflects his powerlessness to reality. At the same time, it also created his feelings of terror, fanaticism and persistence.

Today, many people still think that Van Gogh is a genius who is different from common sense, but looking back at his painting process and carefully reading a large number of letters left by him, we can know that Van Gogh fulfilled the principle that a man should abide by, that is, being honest with himself. His madness and suicide didn't hurt his pure spirit at all. Unfortunately, only my brother Theo has always relied on him and recognized his sincerity.

After a short stay in the Garden of Eden, Van Gogh went to the mission school in Brussels to study. 187865438+In February, with the help of his father, Van Gogh arrived at Boli, the place where the earth was on fire and the minerals slept together. He teaches the Bible, visits poor families and gives lectures to children. He said in a letter: "The scenery in Boli that day was as beautiful and unique as the picture. It was cloudy before Christmas, and it snowed these days. These scenic houses are reminiscent of medieval paintings, or paintings that remind people of the contrast effect of strong colors such as red, green, black and white. " This letter shows his enthusiasm for missionary work and his natural painter's vision. In June 5438+the following year 10, the Brussels Committee accepted his application and allowed him to temporarily serve as a missionary in Wam village for six months. Van Gogh was very happy. In this miner's village, he took his early experience in Christ as an example and was willing to give everything to the poor. He scrimped and saved and tried his best to help the miners. When there was an accident in the mine, he went to take care of the wounded; When typhus was prevalent, he went to nurse the patients. Despite this, Van Gogh's noble character was ridiculed by the church organization as asking for trouble, and was finally dismissed on the grounds that he did not conform to the canon.

Pick up the brush

Van Gogh was awakened by a sudden blow, and he began to reflect. Walking on the bleak vilen in Boli that day, he deeply felt something in his body. In the extreme depression, religious fanaticism gradually disappeared, followed by the desire for painting flowing in his mind, which is surpassing all other feelings and is about to rush out. "I want to stand up again. Everything in front of me has changed. My pencil is getting better and better every day. "

1880, after careful consideration, 27-year-old Van Gogh resolutely gave up his "priesthood" and decided to regain his brush and save the poor people with the help of artistic creation. Although the plan was strongly opposed by his father, he got the full assistance of his younger brother Theo, who works in a paint shop. At the end of the year, Van Gogh came to Brussels and began to teach himself art. The following year, I took the Hague painter Moff as my teacher and received formal training. Van Gogh, who had always been irritable, studied patiently. He is diligent, firm, conceptual and planned. He always takes many photos on the same subject. From his series of still life paintings, we can see how carefully he tried to replace light and shade with color relations. In and Out of Nu South Church (1884) shows Van Gogh's sensitivity to light. The dynamics in horizontal and vertical directions are in sharp contrast with light and shade, emphasizing the symbolic role of light. In the painting "Girl in the Woods" (1882), "The reddish-brown ground covered with fallen leaves suddenly becomes bright and dark due to the shade of trees, with many colors ..." The beauty of nature deeply touched Van Gogh. He painted everything in front of him with a brush full of strong feelings.

Van Gogh knew from the beginning what he wanted to paint and express. What he lacks is that he can't draw what he wants at will. The shape and beauty of these surfaces are not the main goal of painting. What he wants to draw is the attitude of hard workers and the sweat, movements and demeanor of people who are fighting against the earth. These people are farmers, coal miners, snow removal workers, straw balers and other working people. He wants to draw all their gestures and actions. For him, "describing the movement of laborers" is "the core of modern art". He is not afraid of abnormality, exaggeration or distortion. His wish is to accurately capture his movements and gestures. He copied Miller's Farming and Four Hours a Day. He wants to inherit Miller's unfinished work and draw Let Miller Know. At the beginning of exploring his personal artistic path, Van Gogh implanted sincere sympathy for the working people into his works.

1882 65438+1At the end of October, Van Gogh met a pockmarked, alcoholic, 30-year-old pregnant woman, Christine Maria Khoruniku (Theon). Van Gogh was very sympathetic to her rough experiences and poor living conditions. He devoted all his love to taking care of this woman, and drew a lithograph named "Sorrow" based on him. Van Gogh tried to live with her, but she left.

1883, he ended his cohabitation with Theon, and Van Gogh left The Hague for Drenthe. He could see peat sheds everywhere. A poor farmer lived in New Amsterdam for a few days. Vague horizon and peatland mountain, working peasant women, lavender and white sky and heavy clouds like a storm, all of which were left by Van Gogh in his painting "Peasant Women in the Field" (1883), which is a portrayal of Van Gogh's mood of seeking self-comfort and recovering his life belief in the silent wilderness, which makes his works deeply religious, from which it is not difficult to see Miller's works.

1883, Van Gogh returned to Newnan, the church where his father worked. During his two years in Nunan, he constantly improved his sketching skills. Influenced by Dutch realistic painting style, his paintings are dark and full of local flavor. The Peasants Eating Potatoes (1885) made in this period is a masterpiece after Van Gogh drew many sketches of peasants. In order to finish the work, he did two exercises with the same composition. A sketch, a sketch. He also painted many portraits of farmers and peasant women, as well as some sketches of indoor still lives and hands. The picture adopts Rembrandt's light concentration method, emphasizing the figure and posture of the characters with wild brushwork. He pays attention to the emotion expressed in the picture, not the relationship between colors. "I want to explain clearly how those people eat potatoes in broad daylight and plant land with their hands on plates ..." In this portrait of farmers' "Eucharist", Van Gogh ignores the modern flavor of urbanization and depicts the beauty and strength of simple farmers with sincere feelings. It is not difficult to see that Van Gogh longed to be a "peasant painter" some time ago.

From the period of Noonan, Van Gogh gradually realized the mystery and subtlety of color. 1885165438+1At the end of October, Van Gogh went to Antwerp, where he waited for Rubens' bright and bold colors and the updated color language that can be seen in Faust prints in Japan. In three months, he immersed himself in his own study, appreciated Rubens' style, got in touch with Japanese Faust prints, and was inspired by the vitality of Antwerp, the port capital. Deep colors begin to become clear, strokes become bigger, and people begin to pay attention to the beauty of contrast, which is the awakening of color. Van Gogh is ready to leave for Paris, the art capital that is experiencing color liberation. It was also at this time that Van Gogh created his first self-portrait. From then on, he began his famous self-reflection.

3. Paris Impressionism

1886 In early March, 33-year-old Van Gogh arrived in Paris. He was deeply shocked by the free artistic atmosphere and vivid impressionism in Paris. He realized that there was a big gap between the artistic world in front of him and his own creation. His eagerness to learn about Impressionism made him anxious. After Theo's introduction, Van Gogh met a group of impressionist painters and discussed new painting techniques with them. Van Gogh saw that his works were full of bright colors like them, and he captured the instantaneous changes in the sun, and his blood was boiling. He believes that "new ideas have emerged and paintings are completely different from those of a few years ago."

In Paris, the capital of art, this sharp-eyed and withdrawn young man was baptized by Impressionism. Since the first exhibition in 1874, the impressionist movement reached its peak at that time. Monet, pissarro and Sisley each became a family. They deny the inherent color of objects and only rely on their own visual experience to reproduce things in the picture. This painting theory deeply influenced Van Gogh. Van Gogh, who first arrived in Paris, has not completely broken away from the gloomy tone, but his brushwork has gradually become brisk. He studied the contrast and disharmony of colors, learned new techniques of color segmentation and sketching, and gradually bred artistic creation beyond the realm of others.

Van Gogh's works in this period showed strong and distinct impressionism, and also incorporated the mystery of new impressionism (pointillism). For example, in "On the Seine", a painting similar to pissarro's style, Van Gogh showed a comprehensive grasp of light and shading effects, and also showed a preference for strong colors. For example, the painting Uncle Tomki (1887) is set off with dark blue and reddish brown, and the background is gorgeous floating painting. The tone and chroma seem too strong. The scenery in Paris has not been separated from the gray tone of complementary colors, and Bouquet is Van Gogh's representative work on impressionist techniques.

Since Antwerp, Van Gogh has been keen on Faust painting in Japan. In Paris, Van Gogh frequented a gallery specializing in Faust paintings. In the center of this "Japanese flavor", Van Gogh carefully studied the collections here and made many replicas. Among them, he likes the works of Japanese painter Guangzhong best. He copied Guangzhong's Shengong Meiwu Store and made Japanese Fun (Plum Tree) (1887). Although this is a copy, the red sky and green land in the painting are more emphasized than the original painting, and the lines of plum branches are more bold and powerful. Another copy, Bridge in the Rain (1887), changed the gray of the sea in the original painting into green, so that the sense of oppression in the original painting disappeared. Van Gogh learned the characteristics from Faust's paintings, and on the basis of maintaining his individuality, he learned from others and began to form his own unique artistic style, and then stood at the forefront of modern painting.

Life in Paris is bohemian, and various art forms and chaotic city life make Van Gogh feel uneasy and isolated. He drinks too much, acts stupid, becomes radical and looks extremely allergic. Even so, he is still diligent in writing. The girl in the tambourine cafe (1987) was painted during this period. The woman in the picture is the hostess of Van Gogh's cafe, Augustine Shegaduli. The subtle strokes and juxtaposition of colors in this painting show Van Gogh's tendency to stipple.

Van Gogh, with the brilliant colors of Impressionism, had strong feelings to vent. In gloomy Paris, he yearns for the scorching sun and brighter places every day. Because in his heart, there is ten times the enthusiasm of the sun, and he urgently needs a fire to trigger it.

4. Al's sunshine

1888 In February, Van Gogh arrived in arles, southern France, and was immediately intoxicated by the snow melting in arles and the beautiful scenery of spring. In a word, I got rid of Van Gogh's impressionist objectivism to describe nature and created with my personal feelings. In less than three months, Van Gogh painted more than 200 works. This is almost the sum of his paintings during his two years in Paris. At this time, Van Gogh's talent was fully revealed, and his own melody was integrated with the melody of nature. In the sunny wheat field, Van Gogh was as happy as a cicada. He works hard from morning till night every day. Facing the sunny Al, Van Gogh's thinking was extremely active. Great changes have taken place in his painting techniques: he no longer pays all attention to the plot theme, but only considers how to draw. The suspension bridge in arles (Rangroba Bridge 1888) is an original masterpiece of Van Gogh in arles. The suspension bridge has a clear outline with the blue sky as the background; The river is also blue, and the riverbank is close to orange; There are a group of women wearing bright coats on the shore; A carriage is crossing the suspension bridge. The whole picture is fresh in color, showing a scene full of spring, which fully embodies Van Gogh's full and happy mood in his busy life. In the painting "Garden" (1888), the pastoral scenery and harvest scene in the suburbs of Aer are put on the canvas. Strong color contrast and accurate distance method make the picture firm and stable, fully expressing Van Gogh's peaceful and confident mood in the embrace of nature. This painting is no longer like impressionism, where colors are spread out in a large area and viewed from near to far. Although the color is strong, the whole picture is dull, bright and full of rhythm. This form, which originated from impressionism and was different from impressionism, greatly mobilized the painter's subjective initiative, led to the application of expression techniques and the development of new expression fields, and made Van Gogh a representative figure of post-impressionism.

Summer in the south is very hot, so Van Gogh stayed at home and painted some portraits, as well as Cafe at Night (1888) and Sunflower (1887). Cafe at Night describes the Lancashire Cafe where Van Gogh stayed all night. He thinks that night is more energetic than day, so he often goes outdoors to draw stars. In this painting, the orange ceiling contrasts with the dark blue starry sky, as if showing the contrast between the two themes of hope and regret, longing and idleness, which vaguely implies Van Gogh's own complex and restless spirit and uninterrupted * * *.

Sunflower is the worship of Van Gogh, the light of the sun, the symbol of light and heat, and the portrayal of his inner emotional fire. For this kind of sun that grows on the earth, it is called the rotating sun in French and the flower of the sun in English. Van Gogh's love for it and his pursuit of the sunshine in the south is a yearning for the rotating hot celestial body, and he tries to capture the sense of component rotating from the center to all directions. Fourteen sunflowers in the vase, with yellow as the main tone and some cyan and green, play a yellow-green symphony. The picture is a masterpiece of Van Gogh's similar works because of its decorative arrangement and strong brushwork.

Van Gogh's Portrait of arles, Girl in arles (1888) and Girl in arles are full of sunshine and bright colors, expressing simplicity and solidity. Van Gogh observed life with a pure heart and described objects with his own feelings. In the painting Postman Mr. Lu Lang (1888), Van Gogh takes navy blue as the main tone. In order to emphasize the folds of the clothes, black lines are used, and the gold buttons on the uniforms shine like stars. The soft brown beard weakens the rigor brought by the uniform and makes the characters in the painting feel like priests. Looking closely at these portraits, the model's breathing, body and breath are vividly displayed.

5. Lonely "Friends' House"

Al's Van Gogh is full of confidence. Although material life is extremely difficult, he still fantasizes about building a considerable artistic life. In order to make a living and build a spiritual fortress, Van Gogh dreamed of establishing a school of new colorist painters in Ayr, namely "Friends' House" ("Future Studio"). 1888, Van Gogh invited friends from Paris and Brussels, hoping that artists would come to arles to create the most beautiful pictures in the world. Unfortunately, Gauguin was the only one who arrived in arles on October 20th, 65438/KLOC-0.

The life of the two people was still harmonious in the past few weeks. Between 1 1, disputes often occurred because of different painting opinions. At this time, Gauguin began to outline the picture with a black outline, and added colored faces to deal with it, which was rich in decorative flavor. Van Gogh's personality is passionate, with his own feelings as the only guide. Gauguin doesn't like Al either. He longs for a more primitive life. Two stubborn people started a confrontation for their own artistic ideas.

In February 65438, Van Gogh painted Van Gogh's Chair. There is no one around the chair, which conveys a deep sadness. Perhaps Van Gogh realized Gauguin was leaving, and he was going to fall into a lonely situation without joy or argument. The "Friends' House" is obviously a failure. This heavy blow, coupled with nearly nine months of enthusiastic creation, made Van Gogh, who was in a state of extreme physical and mental weakness, finally cut off his ear after another quarrel with Gauguin, and handed it to Al's * * * Lanxiuer in an envelope, asking her to "keep it well". Gauguin put Van Gogh in the hospital, sent a telegram to Theo asking him to come at once, and returned to Paris himself. When Theo arrived, Van Gogh was in a state of severe hysteria and was soon sent to a mental hospital.

1June, 889, Van Gogh was once discharged from the hospital. He "hopes to do something he wants to do here and draw some orchards in the spring." During this period, Van Gogh created a self-portrait with a pipe in his mouth (1889), which is a very representative work of his self-portrait. Regardless of the red and orange background, the blue hat and green coat are all solid colors. The skin is brown with yellow and purple reflections. These colors contrast strongly, but they are extremely harmonious. The color is pure and bright, full of life, and the whole picture presents a saturation. Even so, this painting is by no means a reflection of Van Gogh's psychological stability after he was discharged from hospital, but a reflection of his complex mentality of anxiety and fear caused by his awareness of other people's dirty eyes, the heavy psychological burden he had to bear when facing the Olympic Games and Gauguin, and the fear of recurrence of his illness. Self-portrait is one of the greatest characteristics of Van Gogh's painting art. Van Gogh painted moments of life with a brush, stared at himself and expressed himself completely and truly. Van Gogh's self-portraits are roughly listed as follows:

Antwerp period

1885 1 picture

Paris period

1886 7 pieces

1887 spring 1 summer 16 autumn 5

1888 1 picture

Arr period

1888 summer 1 autumn 3 winter 1

65438+2 in the spring of 0889

Saint remy's period

Autumn of 65438+3 0889

From the time of creation, the summer of 1887 is the most creative period. At that time, Van Gogh was in shock when he first arrived in Paris. His examination of the outside world turned to his gaze, and he constantly explored his inner world to balance his feelings.

Van Gogh vented his inner loneliness and anxiety by blaming himself and hurting himself. His enthusiasm and enthusiasm are often accompanied by excitement and impatience, but his impatience and frankness make him different. Therefore, he constantly reflects on himself. This is why he created 42 self-portraits in just three and a half years. He analyzed and explored himself mercilessly in this way, which made him feel more uneasy and lonely.

6. "Pain is life"

The enthusiasm for art made Van Gogh almost crazy all his life. 1889 In early February, Van Gogh's illness broke out again. On May 8, Van Gogh went to the Saint Remy Psychiatric Sanatorium, 25 kilometers away from Al. Here, he paints the gardens, guards and scenery outside the window in the hospital. He wrote his alternating hopes and despair, as well as his feelings about life, into the painting. Color, brushwork and composition have all reached an amazing level.

The yellow wheat field (1889) depicts the scenery outside the nursing home window. There is no straight pen in this painting. Everything is curly and gushing. Golden undulating wheat fields and fiery cypress trees are pleasant with the breeze blowing and swaying, but the opaque sky composed of white clouds and pink-green crowns is heavy and depressing. The whole picture is contradictory and anxious.

Van Gogh stayed in the sanatorium until May of the following year, during which his illness was repeated. During the attack, the whole person is in a state of panic, sometimes swallowing paint or oil or even taking poison. After the attack, I was completely calm and clear-headed, and tried to draw as soon as I got permission. The works of this period are completely different from those of Arrhenius. The yellow symphony that dominated the Aarhus period disappeared and was replaced by a love of life. The lines become simple, powerful and thick; The rhythm of curves and spirals dominates the painting. The earth, the sky, the starry night and the trees all show a dazzling sense of movement.

Starry Night (1889) is the representative work of Van Gogh's color symbolism. In the ups and downs of the sky, the stars rotate like dragons, the new moon is a whirlpool, the dark green cypress trees gush out from the depths of the earth like flames, and the spire of the church stretches uneasily into the sky. Van Gogh changed the traditional modeling method, changed the observability of impressionism in color, and emphasized the expression of subjective feelings. This is in line with Van Gogh's painting theme: painting should not only be satisfied with depicting the external image of things, but also express the artist's subjective opinions and emotions while depicting nature with emotion, so as to make the works have personality and unique style. Mount Saint Remy (1889) is a work with Van Gogh's personality. The brushstrokes depicting the hills formed a series of bends, as if emerging from the earth. Although "the mountain is not as thick as the mountain and the outline is so thick, ... but the lines are vivid, powerful and powerful, even if it is a little exaggerated, it is still a good painting." (Van Gogh)

During this period, Theo and his wife gave birth to a boy; Art critic Olivier wrote the first comment about Van Gogh. The Red Vineyard has been sold, which is the only work that Van Gogh sold in his lifetime. However, these good news didn't really make Van Gogh's mood clear. As his condition deteriorated, Van Gogh was ready to leave the hospital environment.

1890, Van Gogh returned to Paris and received four days of treatment in Theo's apartment. /kloc-In May of 0/7, Van Gogh moved to Auver, not far from Paris, and was taken care of by Xie Jia, a doctor who cared about impressionist painters. Van Gogh lived in a cafe upstairs in the square in front of the city hall and got along well with his roommates. No one around knows that he belongs to a nursing home. Van Gogh's mood was calm for a while. He painted many portraits of Dr. Xie Jia and his daughter, as well as the local rural scenery. Pleasant blue has reappeared in this painting. The curved and undulating lines in the hut (1889) are more comfortable and wider than those in the period of Saint Remy. Lines are full of rhythm like music; The strokes are strong and weak, and the priorities are comfortable. The beautiful place of orpheus made Van Gogh feel at home. However, this calm did not last long, and sadness and depression swept through my heart again.

A strong tragic work was born. It is two works that predict the coming of death-Stormy Sky and Wheat Field (1890) and Wheat Field and Crowds of Crows (1890). Van Gogh once painted a picture of a lonely bird flying in the air in Paris (1887), which was fresh and clear, as if you could hear songs in the distance from the picture. However, Stormy Sky and Wheat Field fully express suffocating and anxious emotions and disappointment with reality with faint tones. Crows in the Rye draws a desolate artistic conception of staring at death with strong and rich colors. Van Gogh's suggestion technique is very mature. Van Gogh's artistic career has reached its peak, and his life is coming to an end.

When Van Gogh learned that Theo, who had been helping his brother, was in financial trouble because of his marriage and children, his heart was completely broken. "I'll give you your money back, and now I'm going to find my own home." After writing this passage to his brother,1On July 27th, 890, Van Gogh walked into the wheat field with an easel on his back, and beside the farmhouse courtyard hundreds of meters away from where he stayed, he raised the pistol on his chest and pulled the trigger. The bullet missed his heart and he staggered back to the bedroom. That night, Van Gogh said nothing with a pipe in his mouth. The next day, I talked with Theo, who came to see him, about his artistic views. I began to feel weak at night and didn't stop breathing until midnight (65438+0: 30 on July 29th).

"Pain is life", this is Van Gogh's last sigh.