van gogh’s sunflowers self-portrait, 1887still life: vase with twelve sunflowers, 1888
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Self-Portrait, 1887 Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, 1888
Who Was Van Gogh?
• A Dutch Post Impressionist artist• A poor artist who was born in the
Netherlands and later lived in France from 1853 to 1891.
• He tried many different jobs before becoming a artist: Art dealer, minister, and bookkeeper.
• He never sold a painting in his life, but is now one of the most famous painters in the world. And his art work sells for up to as much as $82.5 million.
Post Impressionism
• Intense colors• Apply paint thick• Visible brushstrokes
Van Gogh was influenced by Paul Gauguin. Gauguin was a leader of Post Impressionism.
Sunflowers
• Vincent began painting sunflowers to decorate his friend, Gauguin's, bedroom.
• The majority of Van Gogh's sunflowers in vases were created in Arles, France during 1888-1889.
• He wanted to show the stages and life of sunflowers.
What is the different about these two paintings?
Artist: Diego Rivera
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
Which sunflower painting do you like better? Why?
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What warm colors do you see?
What cool colors do you see?
There are neutral colors in this
painting, too.
Can you find them?
Color
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What is a tint/shade?
• Tint=Mixing white with a hue (or a color) to make it appear lighter.
• Shade=Mixing black with a hue to make it appear darker.
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Space
• Positive Space=The space occupied by and object.
• Negative Space=The space around an object.
What is the positive space? What is the negative space?
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• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/
• www.google.com
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
References
• http://www.vangoghgallery.com/
• www.google.com
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
• http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html
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