1853-1890

By: Yesenia Medina

1 Artist 4 Works

Self PortraitThe Potato Eaters

Starry NightSunflowers

1886

• Over 30 self-portraits between 1886-1889

• Make money & develop skills as an artist

• 1881 -1890 painted almost 900 paintings

1885 Van Gogh’s 1st masterpiece

Creates the illusion

that the building is

the residence for

all five characters.

• Darkness• Mixed emotions on the

character’s faces• Boney fingers stretched

out to get the potatoes• Column behind the

table that seems to hold the building up.

1889

• Exaggerated night sky filled with swirling clouds, luminescent stars, and the bright crescent moon.

• Small town • Massive dark

structure

• Sky keeps viewer’s eyes following the curves

• Center point is the church steeple – creates sense of stability, size, and seclusion

• Creates sense of size, isolation, and depth.

1888-1889

• Vibrant colors express emotions associated with life of sunflowers– bright yellows = full

bloom – arid browns = wilting

and death

• Begins suffering from mental problems and cuts off his ear

Starry Night and Sunflowers–New artistic

styles: Impressionism and Post Impressionism»Bright and

vibrant colors

• Self Portrait & The Potato Eaters – Dark colors

1886

Resources

• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/bef

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Painting/2093/Self-Portrait-with-Grey-Felt-Hat.html

• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/time.html