The popular version of the story is often told this way… van Gogh and his very close friend, Gauguin, were having a quarrel. The argument got more and more heated until van Gogh threatened his friend with a razor. But instead of actually harming Gauguin, van Gogh sliced off part of his own ear — wrapping it in a cloth and later giving it to a prostitute. Some historians, however, think Gaugin was to blame. Luckily for van Gogh, while he was in hospital he could continue creating his art — and he would spend the days looking through the barred windows at the scenery below.
Starry Night in fact shows his view on different days, and even at different times of day. As he sat and watched the light and weather change, he painted the view at sunrise, moonrise, on sun-filled days, overcast days, windy days and rainy days. Over a period of three years, van Gogh painted an impressive 43 self-portraits — but it had less to do with vanity than necessity.
As he struggled to afford paid models and had a limited social circle, van Gogh simply had few other people to paint. In his self-portraits, he often appears as scruffy and unshaven, with deeply sunken eyes, a weak jaw and missing teeth. Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password?
Create an account. Sign up. Password recovery. Recover your password. Friday, November 12, Get help. Article Articles General. Spread the love. Like this: Like Loading Members Login. Featured Article. Bert Naik - October 11, Featured News. Land Trades Mangalorean News October 28, Local News October 26, Born in the village of Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30, , van Gogh was born into a religious, upper middle class family and after much traveling and various unfulfilling occupations, he took up painting with almost no formal training.
His tremendous oeuvre of landscapes, still-lifes, portraits and sketches with their vibrant colors and subjective perspective would revolutionize how the world viewed art. He fought depression and mental illness while creating an intense and arresting universe of images.
But no film or song can completely capture the tumultuous journey of this conflicted soul. In , van Gogh traveled to the British capital to work for the art dealer Goupil and Cie.
He was previously employed by them in The Hague. This was the happiest time in his life. But she rebuffed his romantic advances when he declared them to her, saying that she was secretly engaged to a former boarder. His time in London did not end happily as he became more isolated. He transferred to Paris where he grew angry at his bosses for treating art as a commodity and was fired in From November to July , van Gogh produced close to paintings.
At the age of 27, he abandoned his unsuccessful careers as an art dealer and a missionary and concentrated on his painting and drawing. When he began painting he used peasants and farmers as models and then flowers, landscapes and himself because he was too poor to pay his subjects. He wrote nearly as many letters as he created paintings. Van Gogh composed nearly letters in his lifetime, mainly to his brother and closest friend Theo. Van Gogh was never famous as a painter during his lifetime and constantly struggled with poverty.
He sold only one painting while he was alive: The Red Vineyard which went for francs in Belgium seven months before his death. His most expensive painting Portrait of Dr.
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