Vincent Van Gogh

He was born in 1853 and died in 1890

How old was he when he died? Anyone? Anyone?

Self Portraits- Notice the long brush strokes Van Gogh used ?

Red Vineyards of Arles

He painted over 800 oil painting in his short lifetime and only sold one painting!

Irises (1890) Van Gogh liked to

paint pictures of flowers.

Look carefully at each picture. You will notice that he used one particular color in each of his paintings.

Sunflowers

If Van Gogh had had a cat!!!! (chuckle chuckle)

Room at Arles (1889)Look at all the texture in this pictures!

Starry Night over the Rhone

Do you see any natural light?

Do you see any artificial light?

Café Terrace at Night (1888) He used warm colors

like yellow, orange, and red.

Depth perception is used in this painting to create the illusion of distance.

What season do you think it is?

Starry Night (1889)- Van Gogh’s most famous painting of all It is one of the most

recognized images in modern culture.

Mostly cool dark colors are used.

What do you notice about this picture? Look closely there are lots of things to see!

Although he loved children he rarely painted picture of them. Look at the faces in this pictures, what do you think?

Are you ready to create your own

Starry Night?

Check this out! Check out the video and

game at http://www.quia.com/rr/223561.html

Coloring sheets are found at Enchanted Learning-http://www.zoomschool.com/artists/vangogh/coloring/starrynight.shtml