Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889
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Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889
Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889 The Starry Night, 1889 Vincent van Gogh • 1853 – 1890 • Dutch Painter • Considered to be the “Father of Modern Art” • Produced over 2,000 paintings and drawings in a 10 year period Avid letter writer, exhibition in London has nearly 900 letters he sent to family, Gauguin and others. Self-Portrait in front of the Easel, 1888 Self-Portrait with Bandage, 1889, Chicago The Potato Eaters, 1885 “How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun”. -Vincent Van Gogh Yellow can also create feelings of frustration and anger. While it is considered a cheerful color, people are more likely to lose their tempers in yellow rooms and babies tend to cry more. Vase with 12 Sunflowers 1888 Impasto: an art term used to describe thickly textured paint that is almost three-dimensional in appearance. Self Portrait, 1889 Oil on Canvas, Paris Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Portrait of Vincent van Gogh 1887 Pastel on Cardboard Paul Gauguin Portrait of Vincent van Gogh 1888 Oil on Jute The Night Café, 1888 Bedroom in Arles, 1888 Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889 The Starry Night, 1889 Thought to be van Gogh’s last painting. Wheatfield with Crows, 1890 He wrote to Theo of "vast fields of wheat under troubled skies", adding that he did not "need to go out of my way to try and express sadness and extreme loneliness".