Vincent Willem van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh, post Impressionist painter of Dutch origin. We offer a selection of paintings in the form of Van Gogh prints to buy,
a variety to give you some idea of the range of Van Gogh prints that we can offer.
Starry Night Over the Rhone |
Starry Night |
![wds0006424bp](images/thumbs/wds0006424bp.jpg "Vincent van Gogh [Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890] - Mountainous landscape near St Remy - Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, son of a small town preacher. He began his working life employed by Groupil & Cie, an international art dealer, but then left to consider a career with the church as his religious zeal grew. In 1879, having grown disenchanted with both formal religious education and the evangelist path, he decided to become an artist. Over the course of the next ten years, before he took his own life, he produced an enormous body of work. While it is not quite true that he never sold a piece of art, during his lifetime his primary supporters were his brother Theo and other artists. Van Gogh also relied on Theo for financial support. While some art historians question how much of Van Gogh current popularity is due to romantic mythology around the "insane genius\", his work is unquestionably powerful and unique.")
Mountainous landscape near St Remy |
![0997294](images/thumbs/0997294.jpg "Vincent's Chair and his Pipe - Arles, December 1888<br>by Van Gogh<br>Tate Gallery<br>The two paintings of Vincent's and Paul Gauguin's chairs are among the most often analyzed of Van Gogh's works. In addition to the symbolic undercurrents of the work, these two paintings are also unique in terms of the way in which they're displayed together--whether at the rare exhibits in which they have been shown together (London, 1968, for example) or simply side by side in a book. Generally, if Gauguin's chair is displayed on the left, then the chairs seem to be facing away from each other--clearly symbolizing the often conflicting natures of Van Gogh and Gauguin. This is generally how the works are shown, given the volatile relationship between the two painters. If the paintings are displayed as facing each other, a different interpretation is suggested--that of a mutual respect between the artists; a grudging, but sincere admiration in spite of the unfortunate outcome of their relationship in "the Yellow House\" in Arles. <br>©2006 TopFoto")
Chair and Pipe |
![wds0006417bp](images/thumbs/wds0006417bp.jpg "Vincent van Gogh [Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890] - Still life with poppies, cornflowers, peonies and chrysanthemums - Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, son of a small town preacher. He began his working life employed by Groupil & Cie, an international art dealer, but then left to consider a career with the church as his religious zeal grew. In 1879, having grown disenchanted with both formal religious education and the evangelist path, he decided to become an artist. Over the course of the next ten years, before he took his own life, he produced an enormous body of work. While it is not quite true that he never sold a piece of art, during his lifetime his primary supporters were his brother Theo and other artists. Van Gogh also relied on Theo for financial support. While some art historians question how much of Van Gogh current popularity is due to romantic mythology around the "insane genius\", his work is unquestionably powerful and unique.")
Still life with poppies |
![wds0006412bp](images/thumbs/wds0006412bp.jpg "Vincent van Gogh [Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890] - The Postman Roulin - Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, son of a small town preacher. He began his working life employed by Groupil & Cie, an international art dealer, but then left to consider a career with the church as his religious zeal grew. In 1879, having grown disenchanted with both formal religious education and the evangelist path, he decided to become an artist. Over the course of the next ten years, before he took his own life, he produced an enormous body of work. While it is not quite true that he never sold a piece of art, during his lifetime his primary supporters were his brother Theo and other artists. Van Gogh also relied on Theo for financial support. While some art historians question how much of Van Gogh current popularity is due to romantic mythology around the "insane genius\", his work is unquestionably powerful and unique.")
The Postman |
Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853. Although he enjoyed drawing from the time he was a young boy, he had worked as a teacher in London and then as a minister. He also worked in a book store, an art gallery, and as a missionary. At around the age of 27, van Gogh decided to devote himself completely to art. At the start of his painting career he sketched pictures using pencils or charcoal sticksand also used watercolors. He drew pictures of poor hardworking people. Later he began to paint using oil paints with a lot of dark colors such as browns and dark greens. His pictures were often somber or sad. He was unable to sell many paintings in his lifetime.
In 1886 Van Gogh moved to Paris to study Imptressionism. His art became influenced by painters such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro. He also became good friends with artist Paul Gauguin.
At this point van Gogh began to use brighter colours and his brushwork also became more broken. He painted subjects from the streets and cafes of Paris and became interested in painting portraits of people. He painted over twenty self portraits during this time, using himself as a model.
His painting became even brighter and his production immense.He later moved to Arles. His painting grew in intensity and emotion. The colours became more vibrant and bright. He would sometimes apply the paint directly onto the canvas from the tubes leaving the paint thick with rough brush strokes. Vincent painted hundreds of pictures during this time, sometimes painting masterpieces in a single day.
In 1889 van Gogh committed himself to a mental hospital. He still continued to paint and painted one of his most famous paintings Starry Night while there. Many of his paintings during this time featured cypress trees and lots of swirling colours.
Van Gogh’s mental state continued to deteriorate. On July 29, 1890 he died from a self-inflicted bullet wound to the chest.
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