GSAA
–
Vincent
van
Gogh
2010
Vincent
van
Gogh,
March
30,
1853
–
July
29,
1890
Vincent
van
Gogh
was
born
on
March
30,
1853.
Definitely
mention
this
to
the
class
if
you’re
presenting
around
March
30th!!
Slide
2
and
3
are
pictures
of
van
Gogh.
He
was
born
in
the
Netherlands
or
Holland.
Show
on
the
map
(slide
4
in
PowerPoint).
His
father
was
a
minister
who
had
a
deep
respect
for
helping
people
and
his
mother
had
a
deep
love
of
art
and
nature.
Van
Gogh
seemed
to
be
a
mixture
of
this.
Van
Gogh
was
the
oldest
of
6
children
and
was
very
close
with
his
younger
brother
Theo.
In
fact,
most
of
what
we
know
about
van
Gogh
comes
from
the
many,
many
letters
(over
700
known
letters)
that
he
wrote
to
his
brother
Theo
over
his
life
time.
Believe
it
or
not,
van
Gogh
did
not
decide
to
become
an
artist
until
he
was
27
years
old.
He
tried
many
careers
before
finally
becoming
an
artist.
For
example
he
was
an
art
dealer,
a
teacher,
a
bookseller
and
like
his
dad,
he
even
went
to
school
to
become
a
preacher.
In
fact,
in
attempting
to
become
a
preacher,
Vincent
became
aware
of
how
many
people
suffered
‐
‐
People
who
worked
long,
hard
hours
in
coal
mines
or
on
farms,
harvesting
crops.
These
people
were
the
very
people
who
Vincent
first
started
to
paint.
In
1880
he
enrolled
in
art
school.
His
brother
Theo
encouraged
Vincent
to
attend
art
school
and
helped
pay
for
his
studies.
His
early
paintings
were
mostly
of
peasants
(people
like
the
coalminers
and
harvesters
who
had
little).
The
paintings
were
very
sad
and
dark
–
because
he
wanted
people
to
know
how
it
felt
to
suffer.
(See
slides
5
&
6
–
Potato
Eaters
and
Two
Women
in
the
Moors.)
Vincent
worked
hard
at
his
art,
always
trying
to
improve.
In
the
1880s,
Paris
was
the
place
where
some
of
the
world’s
best
artists
lived,
studied
and
painted.
So,
in
1886,
Vincent
decided
that
Paris
was
the
place
to
go
to
further
improve
his
art.
He
moved
in
with
his
brother
Theo.
In
Paris,
Vincent
became
friends
with
many
artists
who
were
studying
and
painting
in
a
style
called
impressionism.
Impressionism
is
a
form
of
painting
in
which
the
painted
picture
does
not
look
sharp
and
clear
but
instead
a
bit
fuzzy.
Show
slide
7
‐
Monet,
Copley,
van
Gogh.
While
maintaining
his
own
unique
style,
van
Gogh
did
incorporate
some
of
the
techniques
used
by
the
impressionist
painters.
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van
Gogh
2010
Also,
another
change
for
van
Gogh
was
that
his
paintings
moved
from
the
very
dark
sad
colors
to
very
bright
and
vibrant
colors.
His
feelings
came
out
in
these
bright
colors.
Yellow
appeared
to
be
his
favorite
color.
Slides
9
&
10
(Self
portrait
and
cut
flowers,
1887)
Van
Gogh
used
short
brush
strokes
with
globs
of
paint.
He
painted
very
fast
and
would
sometimes
skip
using
his
brush
and
just
squeeze
globs
of
paint
onto
his
canvas
directly
from
the
tube!
(Slide
10
‐
close
up
of
a
sunflower.)
In
1888,
Vincent
moved
to
the
warm
climate
of
Arles
in
the
south
of
France.
Here,
the
climate
was
much
warmer.
The
sun
was
brighter
and
the
skies
clearer.
Here,
Vincent
was
most
productive.
Let’s
look
at
some
of
his
most
famous
paintings
–
his
Sunflowers.
(Show
slides
11,
12)
he
painted
lots
and
lots
of
sunflowers.
Notice
on
these
paintings
how
Vincent
signed
his
name.
Vincent
van
Gogh
felt
his
was
difficult
to
pronounce
–
so
he
decided
to
sign
his
paintings
with
only
“Vincent.”
And
on
each
of
his
paintings,
his
name
can
be
found
in
different
spots.
Vincent’s
paintings
tended
to
be
of
every
day
scenes
and
places
and
people
who
were
dear
to
him.
He
was
not
painting
famous
people
–
he
was
painting
his
friends.
He
was
not
painting
famous
places;
he
was
painting
places
that
he
was
familiar
with.
Show
slides
of
Drawbridge
(slide
13)
Look
at
the
Night
Café
(slide
14)
–
the
bright
reds
and
yellows.
His
choppy
brush
strokes
give
a
feeling
of
movement.
The
stars
look
as
if
they
are
twinkling.
And
the
Night
Café
(slide
15)
–
the
bulbs
in
the
lamps
let
off
a
warm
happy
glow.
This
painting
(slide
16)
of
is
a
portrait
of
his
dear
friend
Postman
Roulin.
Again,
van
Gogh
focused
on
those
who
were
dear
to
him.
He
seemed
to
paint
what
and
who
he
loved.
He
even
painted
a
picture
of
his
own
bedroom!
Slide
17.
Vincent
also
painted
many
portraits
of
himself.
Slide
18.
He
painted
nature
–
look
at
the
Cyprus
1889
and
perhaps
his
most
famous
painting
–
Starry
Night
which
he
painted
in
1889.
For
the
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
paintings
that
van
Gogh
painted,
can
you
believe
he
only
sold
one
painting
during
his
life
time?
You
might
wonder
why
he
kept
painting.
Van
Gogh
often
felt
feelings
of
sadness.
Painting
seemed
to
make
him
happy
and
allowed
him
to
express
his
feelings.
It
is
ironic
that
years
after
he
died,
his
paintings
have
become
some
of
the
most
famous
pictures
in
the
world.
(slide
21)
–
In
fact,
In
1990
the
newspaper
headlines
reported
that
one
of
van
Gogh’s
paintings
‐
“Portrait
of
Doctor
Gachet”
‐
broke
all
records
when
it
sold
for
over
$82
million
dollars.
Summary
–
conclude…
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