Essays on Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was a very talented artist but was not appreciated for his talents when he was alive. He was born on March 30, 1853. He had many jobs that had inspired him to become an artist. Even though he only sold one painting…

Vincent van Gogh’s artwork is considered to be some of the best in the world, but his artwork was not appreciated in his time. How did this dramatic change happen? Furthermore, what led Van Gogh to be the artist and person that he was? Van…

“Art is to console those who are broken by life” was said by one of the most well-known artists in history, Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh is considered to be one of the many greatest post-impressionist painters in history. He has done more than 2,000…

Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous and influential artists of all time; however, he spent hard times as a poor and obscure artist during his lifetime. The fact that Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting during his brief life supports the…

This definition is extremely broad; no boundaries that warp the perspective; Art does not have to only fit within a narrow definition of paint from a tube placed on canvas. One can see the beauty and potential in a piece of ‘found art ‘ like…

In about ten years Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) had been a painter from 1880 to 1890. He was regarded as a middle-aged artist in his distinctive style of wavy lines and bold colors. He was able to perform work quickly throughout his productive age, sometimes…

 The Starry Night is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at St. Remy de Provence, just before sunrise with the addition of an ideal village….

 Painting in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Landscape painting is a genre of painting that illustrates the natural environment around us. Often, landscape painting depicts nature in its ideal state. Such paintings can be traced back as far back as 4th-century China. Though these types…

Vincent Van Gogh’s Thatched Cottages at Cordeville was painted at a particularly difficult time in his life; suffering through mental health issues and following his period of voluntary admission into an insane asylum, he moved to the town of Auvers, France. There is a solace…

The Starry Night is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at St. Remy de Provence, just before sunrise with the addition of an ideal village….