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VINCENTVAN
GOGH.
By:Charo Cabanes.
MASTER OF THE IMPRESSIONISM.
•Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter.
•He was born on March 30th, 1853, in the Netherlands.
•He had red hair and a brother named Theo.
• When he was 15 years old he left the school and started to work in an ART GALLERY.
• In 1869, the Art Gallery sent him to work in England.
• He learnt a lot about painting. But he wasn’t happy so…
He return to the Netherlands,
and worked as a teacher. But he
wasn’t happy so…
He wanted to become a PRIEST.
But he wasn’t happy so…
He decided to paint by himself and he went to Paris.
• HE BECAME AN ARTIST.
In Paris he met Paul Gaugin who introduced him to the IMPRESSIONISM.
• Vincent van Gogh loved IMPRESSIONISM.
IMPRESSIONISM is the use of COLOURS. Colours show emotions.
• But Vincent van Gogh makes also use of the brushstroke to show movement.
• Thick, short brushstroke.The Starry Night (1889)
Oil on canvas.
• Although he was great, people did not understand him. He painted 900 pictures more or less but he only sold ONE to his brother Theo.
He was sad. • He went to Arles,
another town in the south of France.
He painted his room.
Room in Arles.
One night, he cut off his ear.
• He was sent to an ASYLUM a place for mental illness. • Theo, his brother, moved him to another asylum in
Auvers near Paris. Theo looked after his brother Vincent.
Vincent was happy and painted a lot.
• Portrait of his doctor. Sunflowers.
But in 1890 he committed suicide. He was only 37 years old.
After his death, he became popular and famous.
Asylum in Auvers. THE END.