Vincent Van Gogh
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