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Despite what folks believe about Van Gogh, he was far ahead of his time, he portrayed many paintings he did by using very impasto strokes and bright colors and they weren’t that way because he didn’t know how to paint, he was a brilliant copy artist(more in a bit) Vincent chose outright to make those impasto strokes because he wanted the viewer to be able to feel what he painted for real, as in starry,starry night?…..the aberation of starlight and the breezes he felt while he was painting,.he wanted to portray so a person could actually touch the texture of what he felt….he was a genious but like many geniouses, he had poor social skills and that’s why his brother bought and sold his paintings for him and also sought help for vincent because he was his brother. the cutting off of his ear has always been a blemish as the biggest and most recalled story of Vincent but people fail to research his personality, he was by today’s standards and "alcoholic" Bi-polar and he suffered from otherepilepsy and he could’nt explain that to the doctors who treated him with one of the first anti-depressants called "oxycarbazapine",…..his life was one day to the next either "Turmoil" or it was perfectly fine, he like to be alone sometimes and at other times he hated being alone. those two things are what most artists seek today at present and I’d say, art is a form of communication that Vincent tried to get across to his patrons and frineds. His drink of choice was ameranth or a liquer made from wormwood a known hallucinogenic drug in the liquer,..mixing it with his oxycarbazapine probably led to some of his most famous paintings and duels with his being alone and or with people he knew.My opinion?….Clone him!!!!!
I hope this helps you.
February 28th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
"And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me."-genesis
there is sun, moon, 11 stars and a church in the painting.
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February 28th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
in a starry night the colors are swirled. i believe he painted this either before or right after he was in the mental hospital. the swirls could be his mindset, the way he was feeling, he wasn’t thinking rationally. manic if you will.
the outcome, a great piece of work.
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February 28th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Despite what folks believe about Van Gogh, he was far ahead of his time, he portrayed many paintings he did by using very impasto strokes and bright colors and they weren’t that way because he didn’t know how to paint, he was a brilliant copy artist(more in a bit) Vincent chose outright to make those impasto strokes because he wanted the viewer to be able to feel what he painted for real, as in starry,starry night?…..the aberation of starlight and the breezes he felt while he was painting,.he wanted to portray so a person could actually touch the texture of what he felt….he was a genious but like many geniouses, he had poor social skills and that’s why his brother bought and sold his paintings for him and also sought help for vincent because he was his brother. the cutting off of his ear has always been a blemish as the biggest and most recalled story of Vincent but people fail to research his personality, he was by today’s standards and "alcoholic" Bi-polar and he suffered from otherepilepsy and he could’nt explain that to the doctors who treated him with one of the first anti-depressants called "oxycarbazapine",…..his life was one day to the next either "Turmoil" or it was perfectly fine, he like to be alone sometimes and at other times he hated being alone. those two things are what most artists seek today at present and I’d say, art is a form of communication that Vincent tried to get across to his patrons and frineds. His drink of choice was ameranth or a liquer made from wormwood a known hallucinogenic drug in the liquer,..mixing it with his oxycarbazapine probably led to some of his most famous paintings and duels with his being alone and or with people he knew.My opinion?….Clone him!!!!!
I hope this helps you.
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34 years as a pro artist who’s handled two real van Goghs, I’m about to retire.