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artists

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Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Cezanne
Paul Gauguin

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post-impressionism

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  • v loose term
  • does not define a movement
  • groups together ground breaking artists working in France after Impressionism movements peak
  • artists worked independently + did not view themselves as part of a collective movement
  • abandoned naturalism for own personal art + expressed emotions
  • artists influenced generations of artists + laid foundations for some mayor movements of 20th century (expressionism, cubism, fauvism)
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Vincent Van Gogh birth and death

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(1853-1890)

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Vincent Van Gogh - influenced by

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Rembrandt

Pic

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Vincent Van Gogh - themes

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landscapes
still lives
portraits

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Background

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  • son of a dutch painter
  • worked as art dealer + lay missionary
  • became artist at age 27
  • art career lased 10 yrs
  • suffered from mental health issues
  • brother Theo supported him financially
  • died by suicide
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Personal style + techniques

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  • experimented w/ Impressionism + Pointilism
  • developed style in Paris
  • style blossomed in Arles
  • strong quick brushstrokes creating rhythm + vitality
  • Impasto
  • strong contrasts of bold colours - express emotions
  • simple, flat, colourful shapes
  • strong expressive line
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journey across Europe

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moved from: Holland to Paris to Arles

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The Potato Eaters - subject matter

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  • family of Dutch peasants + meal of potatoes

- influenced by Millet’s paintings of peasants

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The Potato Eaters - composition

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  • 5 peasants around table
  • harsh reality of their existence shown on weathered faces + rough hands (from labouring in fields)
  • light from oil lamp focuses painting on people
  • foreground: a peasant w/ back to viewer at centre (includes viewer), one in side profile, 3 in front at 3/4 view
  • lamp located above + table in centre
  • Bg: v. dark, can slightly make out some windows
  • woman in centre cropped like in a photograph
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The Potato Eaters - light/colour

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  • light focuses painting on people
  • glaze of dull colour over bg. Contrast between yellow-ish lamplight to foreground + grim bg
  • dark earthy colours typical of his early works
  • one artificial light on top centre
  • Greens + blues in shadows
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The Potato Eaters - technique/style

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  • loose style, not perfectly polished
  • uses dabs of colour
  • quick brushstrokes
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Paris + Arles

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  • Paris - saw Impressionist paintings + influenced by their light + colour
  • Painted large no. of self-portraits
  • Moved to Arles (South of France) to study the light
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - year

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1889

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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - bg

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  • invited Gauguin to South France, soon began to quarrel. One night, threatened Gauguin w/ razor
  • deeply remorseful, cut off part of his own ear
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - subject matter

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  • self portrait, after episode where he cut off part of own ear
  • smoking pipe, shows bandaged ear
  • shows himself as an imperfect person
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - composition

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  • self portrait from shoulders up, against simple bg
  • portrait fills 2/3 of painting
  • 3/4 view portrait
  • wearing large green overcoat / jacket over shirt
  • hat w/ furry texture
  • white bandage covering right ear
  • divided bg into 2 plain areas of colour
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - light/colour

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  • complementary colours: green + red, blue + orange
  • flat colours
  • tints of blues on hat, coat
  • uses orange, blue, red, green, white
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Self Portrait with Bandaged ear and pipe - techniqe/style

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  • dark outlines (similar to Gauguin)
  • loose style, not perfectly polished
  • dabs of colour
  • quick brushstrokes
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The Starry Night - year

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1889

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The Starry Night - bg

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  • people of Arles signed petition saying he was dangerous

- move to asylum in Saint-Rémy + began painting in hospital gardens

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The Starry Night - subject matter

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  • view outside his window in asylum at Saint-Rémy
  • painted it during day (from sketches + memory)
  • cypress tree, view of village + night sky and moon
  • reflect his inner turmoil or response to magic of star-filled sky
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The Starry Night - technique/style

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  • loose style, not perfectly polished
  • dabs of colour
  • quick brush strokes, swirling brush strokes
  • strong expressive line
  • simple, flat, colourful shapes
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The Starry Night - composition

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  • dark vertical cypress tree - prominent place in composition. Unites pic by connecting sky w/ landscape
  • relative calm in village contrasts w/ rapid, swirling brushstrokes in night sky
  • sky takes up most of painting, about 2/3
  • moon in top right corner
  • village in bottom of piece, roof of houses seen
  • stars amongst night sky
  • long cypress tree extends from bottom edge to nearly top edge
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The Starry Night - light/colour

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  • mostly used blue
  • yellow stars + moon contrast against blue sky
  • dark cypress tree contrasted against lighter colours/bright sky
  • warm oranges in houses contrast + complement predominantly blue colour scheme
  • bright/vibrant sky
  • colours used: blue, yellow, orange, green, brown, red, black