In this episode, Kenna and Marie talk about Van Gogh: the man he was, and the legend we've made him out to be.
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| Potato Eaters |
Potato Eaters is one of Van Gogh's earliest works. He was interested most in the everyday person, but the critics didn't like the images that came during this time. Van Gogh decided after this time to receive more training.
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| Self Portrait |
Throughout his relatively short career as an artist, Van Gogh painted many self portraits, making himself a subject as much as anything else. This one was done before he lost his ear.
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| Starry Night |
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| Night Cafe |
Starry Night and The Night Cafe are two great examples of Van Gogh's most well known work--the work he created while struggling with his mental stability. Starry Night was actually painted while looking out the window of his room at the asylum where he was being treated.
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| Sunflowers |
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| Irises |
Van Gogh loved to paint
en plair or on location and in nature. You can find
Irises at the Getty Museum in Los Angles, California. Keep a lookout for our upcoming video about
Arts and Facts visit to the Getty this last November!
If you have topics in art history you're just itching to hear more about, leave us a comment or email us at: uvu.artsandfact@gmail.com.
Your post on impressionism/post-impressionism made me listen to this and it was really nice, thank you! I can't believe I've missed it! It made me want to know more about van Gogh's colors (greens and reds together equal misery and anguish) - maybe you could do an episode about color symbolism with van Gogh, Kandinsky and the sorts? Pretty please, with sugar on top! :)
ReplyDeleteColor symbolism would be a very interesting topic, we might make that a Short but Sweet, but it's on the list of topics now. Thank you for the suggestion!
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