Vincent Van Gogh

Self Portrait

Vincent Van Gogh was born on the 30th of March 1853 in Zunder Netherlands and died on the 29th of July 1890 from a gunshot wound which was believed to be self inflicted. He was a Dutch impressionist painter, who like many great artist, was thought to be crazy. He was thought to be a strange artist because of how he did things to himself mostly prompted because of his metal illness.
He didn't always think he was going to become a painter. At first he believed that his work was to be in the church. He worked as a missionary in  Belgium where he began to sketch people from the local community.

He is well known for his amazing portraits which describes a lot about hime self. For one there is no expression on his face in any of his portraits. What is being portrad in the picture is not the main subject of his art, it is how he created all of his pieces in his own style. The way he is able to add depth and life like qualities to his images is the way he uses his brush strokes. The colours which many believed he used consisted of earthy colours.

It is believed that when he went to Paris where he was able to acquire knowledge of the French impressionist. 

He was not born a painter. He had only started his work until his early twenties. Within his decade of proffesional painting he was able to create over 2,100 pieces of art which made up of water colours, prints, drawings, sketches, and oil paintings.

What I like about his paintings is that they are quite detailed in a sense that from the tiny marks he makes really builds up towards a bigger picture.

Stary Night