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A Presentation Created By Mrs. O’Loughlin, Oshkosh Area School District. Vincent Van Gogh. Click on the boxes below to learn about Vincent van Gogh. His Life and His Art Sunflowers Starry Night Portraits Links-Various Link-Vincent’s Drawings. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Vincent Van Gogh
Self Portrait with Felt Hat Vincent van Gogh, 1888
His Life and His ArtSunflowersStarry NightPortraitsLinks-VariousLink-Vincent’s Drawings
A Presentation Created By Mrs. O’Loughlin, Oshkosh Area School District
Click on the boxes below to learn about Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853.
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When Vincent was 27 years old, he started to paint and draw.
He went to different art schools to learn everything he could about drawing and painting.
Drawing and painting was not easy for Vincent, but he always tried his best at whatever he did.
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Some of Van Gogh’s first Drawings and Watercolor Paintings, 1880’s
The Potato-Eaters, April, 1885
•This is one of his early paintings, The Potato Eaters.
•The colors in Van Gogh’s early paintings are dark and sad.
•In this painting, the family was so poor they had only a few potatoes to eat for dinner. They look tired and not very happy. He wanted everyone to know how hard the lives of the poor people were.
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In 1886 Vincent went to live with his brother Theo in Paris. Theo was an art dealer.
In Paris, Theo introduced Vincent to other painters: Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Emile Bernard, and Camille Pissarro.
Portrait of Theo van Gogh (Vincent van Gogh's brother),
Photograph by Ernest Ladrey, c. 1888
Vincent Van Gogh Moves to Paris
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While in Paris Vincent changed his style of painting.
Instead of painting realistic paintings with dark muddy colors he started using bright colors with bold, thick brushstrokes.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Olive Trees, 1889
The Potato-Eaters, April, 1885
We know a lot about how Vincent felt, and why he did certain things, because he was always writing letters, especially to his brother Theo.
Because Vincent was always sending letters he got to know his postman
pretty well. He painted many portraits of the postman and his family.
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The Postman Roulin
Sunflowers, August 1888, Arles
In the late 1880’s, Vincent moved to a yellow house in a small town called Arles with artist Paul Gauguin.
Before Gauguin arrived, Vincent painted still-lifes of sunflowers to decorate Gauguin’s room.
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The Bedroom at Arles, October 1888
Vincent’s Bedroom
Furniture• Vincent was very poor so he
only had the essentials. Of course there is a bed and there are also two chairs, in case someone comes to visit. In those days there were no bathrooms. So in order to wash he used a jug of water and a bowl on the bedside table. His towel is close by, hanging from a nail next to the mirror.
Paintings• Vincent spent all his time
painting. For him it was unthinkable to live in a place without paintings, so he hung his own work on the walls. One the right-hand side there are two portraits of friends. On the back wall he has a landscape.
Van Gogh’s Style• The paint is very thick and the
brushstrokes are laid on top of each other.
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In 1889 Vincent was hospitalized in Saint-Rémy. He created 150 paintings during the year he stayed at
Saint-Rémy. Including this painting…
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Starry Night Links…
Fly through Starry Night Animation
Starry Night Song and Slideshow of Vincent’s Paintings
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Starry Night•Vincent Van Gogh once said, “Looking at the stars always makes me dream.”
•Instead of painting the sky exactly as it looks in real life, Van Gogh filled his picture with imagination and emotion. Everything in this scene expresses a feeling. Look into the swirling blue brush-strokes in the sky; the wind seems to be whirling with excitement. The bright starts look like fireworks bursting in the night. Below the dazzling sky, Van Gogh painted a calm, quite town. Full of movement Van Gogh’s painting is alive with energy!
This may have been Vincent’s last painting. On July 29th, 1890, Vincent died with brother Theo at his side. When he died in 1890, he had only sold one painting during his lifetime. It is a
fact though that he traded paintings for art supplies, and the dealers sold some of those paintings. He had no idea that he would become so famous, but after his death people began to appreciate his work. One of his paintings sold for $82.5 million. That's the most anyone has ever paid for a painting.
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Crows over the Wheat Field, July 1890
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Vincent Van Gogh
During his lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh made over 800 oil paintings and even more drawings.
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Vincent Van Gogh
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•Vincent liked to paint scenes from nature.•These paintings are pictures called landscapes. A landscape is a picture of the land and things found in nature such as trees, fields, hills, forests, water. etc.
This is one of Vincent’s most famous landscapes.Do you recognize this painting?
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Starry Night Links…
Fly through Starry Night Animation
Starry Night Song and Slideshow of Vincent’s Paintings
(Please view content prior to classroom use)
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Starry Night•Vincent Van Gogh once said, “Looking at the stars always makes me dream.”
•Instead of painting the sky exactly as it looks in real life, Van Gogh filled his picture with imagination and emotion. Everything in this scene expresses a feeling. Look into the swirling blue brush-strokes in the sky; the wind seems to be whirling with excitement. The bright starts look like fireworks bursting in the night. Below the dazzling sky, Van Gogh painted a calm, quite town. Full of movement Van Gogh’s painting is alive with energy!
Do you recognize this painting?
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Still-Life
Vincent Van Gogh painted many still-lifes during his lifetime.
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What is a Still-Life?
A still-life is a picture of objects that don't move. Often vases, bowls of fruit, bottles, etc. An artist sets up a still-life usually in their studio to do a 'study' of the objects. It may be a drawing or a painting.
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The still-life paintings Vincent Van Gogh is most known for are his paintings of sunflowers.
Vincent made many paintings of sunflowers.
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Sunflowers
Sunflowers,August 1888
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Take a Closer Look
Camille and the Sunflowers
Click Here to Read Camille and the Sunflowers
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Vincent Van Gogh
• Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous and one of the most tragic artists who every lived. Nothing ever seemed to go right for him and he wasn’t very happy.
• He never smiled in his self-portraits.
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Vincent van Gogh in 1866
Self-Portrait
Vincent Van Gogh made many Self-Portraits during his lifetime.
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What is a Self-Portrait?
A self-portrait is a picture that you draw of yourself.
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More Self-Portraits
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Other Portraits
Van Gogh also made many Portraits of other people during his lifetime.
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet,June 1890, Auvers
Pére Tanguy, Winter 1887-88, Paris
In Paris, Vincent meet Mr.Tanguy. Mr.Tanguy
sold art supplies. He tried to help young artists like
Vincent by trading materials for paintings.
Dr. Gachet was a homeopathic physician and Vincent’s doctor. He was also an amateur painter and friend of many Impressionists. The plant pictured here is foxglove which he used to treat Vincent.
We know a lot about how Vincent felt, and why he did certain things, because he was always writing letters, especially to his brother Theo.
Because Vincent was always sending letters he got to know his postman
pretty well. He painted many portraits of the postman and his family.
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The Postman Roulin
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Links
www.spanisharts.com www.artnewsblog.com www.vangoghgallery.com Starry Night Animation
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=starry+night+van+gogh&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=tab-web&tnr=21&vid=0001148073450
Starry Night Song http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=starry+night+van+gogh&ei
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