The Art of
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Vincent van Gogh
Fine art Giclee print Inquire about originals
18"x24"
Vincent van Gogh touches the simple and deep caverns of the heart. Each of his brushstrokes expresses the understanding of color and emotion. When he cast his unique eye on his favorite subjects — the ordinary working people — we see beauty where it was never found before.
The idea of this painting was to portray him within his own vision, using several of his styles and employing some of his favorite images. The aqua blue sky is varied in tone under flower pedal-like clouds. To his left is the olive orchard with several peasant women working. At the bottom of the sky the bluish-purple mountains radiate their unique light. On his upper right and below the mountains are the thatched cottages of the people.
Of course, the irises on his right are from those he painted in Saint-Remy. His straw hat is from a self portrait titled "Winter, Paris." The smock is from another self portrait he painted with pallet and brushes in hand.
Why a Master
No one exemplifies the suffering artist more than Vincent van Gogh. He sold very few paintings in his lifetime. Most of his work went to his brother, Theo. It was Theo's widow, Johanna van Gogh - Bonger, who brought van Gogh to the publics attention not long after his death.
Today, van Gogh's painting of sunflowers holds the record for sale at auction, selling for several million dollars. In his lifetime, he couldn't give his work away.
He was the epitome of the tormented artist; suffering depression, alcoholism and lead poisoning (from his habit of putting wet brushes in his mouth). He was unlucky in love and always poor, yet he gave to the world a truly magnificent vision.
Vincent van Gogh painted with pain and painted through pain. Even through the pain of death he became the most recognized artist in the world.