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Various shades of Vincent

  • POSTED ON: 14 Nov, 2017
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One of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art would have to be Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890). The Dutch painter, in just over a decade, created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings (most of them in the last two years of his life).

His art include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Roll over the images to know more…

Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background, 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New YorkWheatfield Under Thunderclouds, 1890The Starry Night, June 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New YorkVincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890 ), Self-Portrait, 1889, oil on canvas.Painter on the Road to Tarascon, August 1888The Van Gogh Museum has the world's largest collection of Van Gogh artworks.

Some of his works such as ‘Painter on the Road to Tarascon’,  August 1888 were destroyed by fire in the Second World War. Understandably, Van Gogh’s works are among the world’s most expensive paintings and even now, there is constant study of his works. Recently, an art conservator came across a grasshopper submerged in paint while looking at Van Gogh’s Olive Trees with a microscope!

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