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Inspiration from Artist's Week 13 : Vincent Van Gough and Kandinsky.
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Fabulous artist, one of my favourites and a great selection so far. He has a unique style and most of his work is so instantly recognisable. I have a few books of his work, including his letters which is a fascinating read Denise if you want to understand more about his life and struggles, though can be hard to plough through sometimes as a bit repetitive.
I’m at my daughters until tomorrow evening so will choose some more when I get home. I do like Jenny’s drawings which I wasn’t familiar with.
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I am really enjoying having a fresh look at his work , I particularly like the sketch’s. It work well I think other people suggesting a artist and offering a different view of their work , it’s certainly making me look closer and I will say differently. Whilst my opinion is not change on some artwork I certainly have discovered other pieces that I do like and that’s doesn’t apply to Van Gough only.
The benefit of other people expertise and experience is the key, thank you all for sharing it with us and I hope that you get a buzz out of it yourselves. I’m looking forward to what Michael has to offer us tomorrow.
Next week is Our 14th week , doesn't seem that long ago we start the artist are , Sarah Adams and David Roberts.
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Vincent van Gogh DID have moments of joy, as well as the terrible mental affliction from which he suffered; possibly schizophrenia, possibly extreme bi-polar disorder, then called manic-depressive insanity. There remains some doubt about his suicide, too - it was suggested that a couple of boys, playing with his revolver, shot him - can't remember where I read that. And it's just as likely that he did kill himself. He did, thank God, produce a huge volume of work, however tortured his life was - I thought I'd seen all of it, but there are several drawings here I hadn't seen before, e.g. the one with the reeds; there was feeling in just about everything he painted, but not always anguish - not by a long chalk.
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Here are a few of my favourites before we switch again tomorrow.
The first is called Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes Maries painted in 1888, slightly different to his normal style and a little more subtle.
The second, as I like his portraits, was this of the Postman Joseph Roulin who was a friend of Van Goch.
Next, a view of The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles from 1889 which he described as being surrounded by whitewashed walls like and Arab palace, with a pond and eight flowerbeds, and said that it was a picture full of flowers and spring greenery. It sounds as if the hospital did actually help him to an extent, and they encouraged him to keep up his painting there.
And finally his painting of the Blossoming Almond Tree which if I remember rightly was painted for the bedroom of his brother Theo’s young child.
Incidentally I’m pretty sure that his bedroom painting is in the yellow house in Arles which he painted from the outside as a street scene. So many lovely paintings: he was very productive, and I realise no one has chosen his sunflowers which he painted many versions of so I added the version in the National Gallery which I always have to look at on a visit there!
The second, as I like his portraits, was this of the Postman Joseph Roulin who was a friend of Van Goch.
Next, a view of The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles from 1889 which he described as being surrounded by whitewashed walls like and Arab palace, with a pond and eight flowerbeds, and said that it was a picture full of flowers and spring greenery. It sounds as if the hospital did actually help him to an extent, and they encouraged him to keep up his painting there.
And finally his painting of the Blossoming Almond Tree which if I remember rightly was painted for the bedroom of his brother Theo’s young child.
Incidentally I’m pretty sure that his bedroom painting is in the yellow house in Arles which he painted from the outside as a street scene. So many lovely paintings: he was very productive, and I realise no one has chosen his sunflowers which he painted many versions of so I added the version in the National Gallery which I always have to look at on a visit there!
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by Tessa Gwynne
