Vincent Van Gogh's Accomplishments

Many know the artist to be quite ill mentally along with the fact of Van Gogh cutting his own ear off. The man is known to have had many doctors by his side, checking

The life span of 37 years saw Vincent Willem van Gogh (Vincent) in creating beautiful works he dearly loved. Painting was an avenue, which allowed him to express his inner thoughts or vent his struggles. My decision to research on Vincent’s painting, Starry Night (1889) came with the inspiration from Don Mclean’s Song, Starry Starry Night where his lyrics spoke about Vincent’s life that further intrigued me in writing this paper.

Perhaps illness so influenced the artistic style of Van Gogh, but the picture turned out completely different to all that the artist wrote so far. This is not a Van Gogh, who was known. In the canvas, there is tension, anxiety, dense colors and warm shades of olive-mustard. On the contrary, here there is some kind of lightness, airiness, and transparent weightlessness. On the manner of execution, the pattern resembles Japanese prints: iris field full of peace, a lightness, and transparency. "Irises" are simple and unique, they are striking in their serenity and the ability to remove the internal stress of everyone who saw at least reproduction. Painting simply breathes watercolor, translucency and make to look at it more than one hour.

Around 1890, an artist by the name of Vincent Van Gogh who present day is one of the most renowned artists created magnificent, yet mysterious drawings which he started with just a pencil. From his pencil drawings with lines and dashes to the beautiful variations with using paint, Vincent was a genius, but was never congratulated on his work until later. Even as he was pronounced crazy, he could still create beautiful works of art which shows how even a flower can bloom in a dark forest. As his life was slowly being painted on canvas from the years of solitude and psychiatric problems he finally killed himself which a couple years later brought up his artwork through his own suicide.

Imagine a life where reality is distorted and the only true companion to walk through life with are paints, brushes, and a blank canvas beckoning the artist to reveal his truth. This is the life and reality of famed artist Vincent van Gogh. The artist led a tragic and depressing existence from a young child, which continued throughout his adult years until his early departure at the young age of 37. Van Gogh left behind a legacy of beautiful and interpretive paintings, which express appealing landscapes, delicate flowers, and humanity in their surroundings. It begs the question, how could a gifted artist depict and interpret society so well in his paintings but have an inability to make personal connections

On March 30th, 1853, “Fou-Roux” was born. The nickname “Fou-Roux” was given to Vincent van Gogh because he donned fiery red locks coupled with a series of mental illnesses and sexually transmitted diseases that earned him the nickname “Fou-Roux,” or Crazy Red. The Dutch born artist was born with his mother’s traditional peasant features and his father’s desire to enter the church. Van gogh longed to be apart of the church, but held back because he felt lowly and ugly and didn’t believe that a man like himself was worthy to approach God. Van gogh came from a family where there were art dealers. Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s younger brother, sought after a career in the family business of art dealing. van Gogh sought after several different careers

In the fall of 1880, van Gogh decided to move to Brussels and become and become an artist, his art helped him stay emotionally balanced and continued to develop his first masterpiece the “Potato Eaters”. His brother Theo had said that his artwork would not be well- received and van Gogh appeared at Theo’s house uninvited in Paris but Theo welcomed his brother. In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh had moved into “little yellow house” and spent money on paint rather than food, he had been living on coffee, bread and absinthe. He had been feeling unwell and very strange, it had become evident that he was suffering physical illness, his psychological health was failing; around this time he had discovered that he had sipped turpentine and had eaten paint. Theo was very concerned about van Gogh and had offered Paul Gauguin money to supervise van Gogh in Arles, within a month van Gogh and Gauguin were frequently arguing which lead to Gauguin to walk out one night. Van Gogh had followed him and when Gauguin had turned around he saw van Gogh with a razor in his hand, hours later van Gogh went to the local brothel

Vincent was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot- Zundert, Holland to a family of 8. Although he tried selling art and being a minister he soon realized both were not his calling. He kept trying though, and in 1885 his first painting was finished. Many people in his time did not see it as great. They thought it armature, so he tried again. Throughout those years he produced more and

“In 1886, he went to Paris to join his brother Theo, the manager of Gopil’s gallery in Paris, van Gough studied with Cormon inevitably met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin. “He was so taken with these new impressionist painters, he tried to copy what they did but was unsuccessful. He saw, in Paris, new ideas never thought of before and started lightening his dark shades and thus, developed a bolder, unconventional, and truly unique style. Though he had changed his style, Van Gogh was still not selling any work which drew him even more into depression as

From a behavioral point of view it seems that Van Gogh’s ability to express his internal state of mind may be reflected in his paintings, when he started to fall into depression his paintings showed deep dark colors with barely clue of light optimism showing his hopelessness. Incredibly a reversal always occurs taking him towards feelings of grandiosity and creativity as the mania takes hold. On this stage his paintings were rather brilliant full of colors and the canvas would look more lifeful therefore showing his maniac

He smokes a pipe in the self-portrait and stares intently at the viewer with a gaze that, if piercing, is quite clear. Van Gogh is not simply acknowledging his mental instability by painting his ear as bandaged but in his steady gaze invokes the viewer to dismiss the incident and view him as sane, as recovering. He writes Theo again several days later, soon after the painting would have been finished: “It astonishes me already when I compare my condition today with what it was a month ago... I did not know that you could fracture the brain in your head and recover from that, too.” This suggests a societal shift from mental illness as an irredeemable misfortune as it was in Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress: The Madhouse to mental illness as a physical illness of the brain. In the nineteenth-century, a reform movement removed the mentally ill from the impoverished and crowded asylums such as Bedlam to humane facilities that cured their patients as if they were suffering from a physical ailment. Van Gogh does not succumb to insanity like Rakewell but struggles to portray a sense of calm amidst his mental anguish. The depiction of mental illness he paints is personal and, rather than a loss of the senses, is a rational plea to return to a position of

Observers of Van Gogh’s life believed that his eccentricities, compounded to create many distressing experiences that directly impacted the development of Expressionism. This was visible from his early childhood. Painting was no longer seen through pictures, it became a crucible that could hold all of the artist’s passions, conflicts, and unrealized dreams. (Encyclopedia.com)

A great artist once wrote, “If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced”. This artist was Vincent van Gogh, soon to be an appraised artist known all around the world for his works, such as Starry Night. He is one of the very first artists of the post-impressionist style than is now adored in every continent. However, there is much more to the man than one painting. Creating a full timeline that stretches beyond Gogh’s life, this paper will discuss the life of Vincent van Gogh and the impression he made on the world.

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. He is known for his paintings and is hailed as the quintessential expressionist painter in history. Yet, Van Gogh lived one of the most troubling lives one could ever imagine. Almost every painting can be viewed as a look into his troubled soul. Van Gogh’s Paintings today can be sold for millions of dollars, but during his life time he sold a single painting for a measly 40 francs. Van Gogh’s legacy has left behind stories of greatness and sadness having to do with both his personal life and his career as an artist.

Vincent Van Gogh had a rather depressing life. After being born into an upper-middle class family he quickly became depressed in life. He tried different things like working as an art dealer, becoming a Protestant missionary, and so on. None of these stuck for him as his mental health continued to decline. He was already a quiet, keep to himself kind of person, but over time he became more isolated. He got help from his younger brother Theo in the form of money and moved back home with his parents. This is when he began painting and eventually moved to Paris. Once moving there his paintings became more colorful and his painting style began to develop. He also began suffering from delusions and psychotic episodes and began neglecting his health by eating less and drinking alcohol more frequently and in