Personal Profile:
Groeten! Mijn naam is Vincent van Gogh. Greetings! My name is Vincent van Gogh. I am Dutch, but I live and paint in the south of France, known as Provence. I was born on March 30,1853, and I will die on July 29, 1890. My life will last only 37 years, but in that time I will create over 1,200 works of art.
My life is full of varied experiences from becoming a minister, to a seller of fine art, to finally existing just to paint all day. I never married nor fathered children because my art is the love of my life. Starting out I painted very typical for these times, but now I am experimenting with what is known as Post-impression. My work pleases me.
My life is full of varied experiences from becoming a minister, to a seller of fine art, to finally existing just to paint all day. I never married nor fathered children because my art is the love of my life. Starting out I painted very typical for these times, but now I am experimenting with what is known as Post-impression. My work pleases me.
Images:
FRIENDS and other masters that influenced me:
Camille Pissaro Paul Gauguin Claude Monet Georges Seurat Paul Cezanne
About my art:
I am part of the POST-IMRESSIONIST MOVEMENT. This art began as the Impressionist Movement was coming to a close. We continue to use vivid colors, often thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter, but we are more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort form for effect, and use unusual colors. I am limited to painting the areas where I live, and the people in my life. I am too poor to travel very far and have no money to pay models. No one will buy my work, so I am dependent on my brother Theo to send me money for food and art supplies.
I am part of the POST-IMRESSIONIST MOVEMENT. This art began as the Impressionist Movement was coming to a close. We continue to use vivid colors, often thick application of paint, and real-life subject matter, but we are more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, distort form for effect, and use unusual colors. I am limited to painting the areas where I live, and the people in my life. I am too poor to travel very far and have no money to pay models. No one will buy my work, so I am dependent on my brother Theo to send me money for food and art supplies.
Other notables during my lifetime:
Inventions, famous people, timeline info-that occurred during my lifetime.
1853- My birth in the Netherlands
1886-Americans capture the Apache Chief geronimo after a 4 year attempt
1888- George Eastman invents the Kodak camera
1888- Jack the Ripper is busy killing 5 prostitutes in London
1889- Adolf Hilter is born in Austria
1853- My birth in the Netherlands
1886-Americans capture the Apache Chief geronimo after a 4 year attempt
1888- George Eastman invents the Kodak camera
1888- Jack the Ripper is busy killing 5 prostitutes in London
1889- Adolf Hilter is born in Austria