{"id":117,"date":"2008-03-01T21:06:05","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T21:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averral.com\/blog\/archives\/117"},"modified":"2008-03-01T21:09:02","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T21:09:02","slug":"vincent-van-gogh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/vincent-van-gogh\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent van Gogh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Between November of 1881 and July of 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death, he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh\u2019s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of art lovers and have made art lovers of those new to world of art. The following excerpts are from letters that Van Gogh wrote expressing how he evolved as a painter. There are also links to pages describing some of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings, Starry Night<\/em><\/a>, Sunflowers<\/em><\/a> and The Potato Eaters<\/em><\/a>, in great detail.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Van Gogh firmly believed that to be a great painter you had to first master drawing before adding color. Over the years Van Gogh clearly mastered drawing and began to use more color. In time, one of the most recognizable aspects of Van Gogh\u2019s paintings became his bold use of color.<\/p>\n

About a year before his death Van Gogh predicted that there would be a great \u201cpainter of the future\u201d who would know how to use color like no one else and would become the future of painting. He expressed this in a letter to his brother Theo in May of 1888,<\/p>\n

During his lifetime Van Gogh was never famous as a painter and struggled to make a living as an artist. Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime The Red Vineyard<\/em><\/a>. This painting sold in Brussels for 400 Francs only a few months before his death.<\/p>\n

Vincent van Gogh died at the age of 37 bringing his career as a painter to an end, but beginning his legacy as the great painter of the future who inspired the world.<\/p>\n

About a week after his death, Van Gogh\u2019s brother Theo wrote to his sister Elizabeth about Van Gogh\u2019s legacy as a great artist,<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last letter which he wrote me and which dates from some four days before his death, it says, \u201cI try to do as well as certain painters whom I have greatly loved and admired.\u201d People should realize that he was a great artist, something which often coincides with being a great human being. In the course of time this will surely be acknowledged, and many will regret his early death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Between November of 1881 and July of 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death, he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh\u2019s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of art lovers and have made art lovers of those new to world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n