Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Art One - Blog 14 - van Gogh video

Art One - Blog 2 - van Gogh
A mid to late 30s man gazing to the left with a green coat, gray tie and wearing a straw hat

Watch the following video.  It is a group of Vincent van Gogh's paintings set to Don Mclean's "Starry, starry night" song.  Van Gogh was a Dutch artist who lived in France for the most productive years of his life.  He was born in 1853 and died in 1890 - only 37 years old.  Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. His work included self portraits, landscapes, still lifes, portraits and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.

Grab a comfy chair and enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1ih3Q9otE

15 comments:

  1. All his works seem to stay around the same point on the color wheel and include at least one compliment to the majority. And the song kind of creeps me out...

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  2. Each of his drawing seem to have a similar look to them. My favorite painting of his is Starry Night. All of his drawings are super cool though.

    Allie Parkerson

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  3. I really like all the paintings. They were colorful and interesting and it was fun to watch the video.
    -Liam Bassett

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  4. i liked the majority of the pictures they had many of the same colors. dont like the music

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  5. I really like the texture Van Gogh uses in all of his paintings. The way they look is very amazing.
    -Kyle Bradley

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  6. I liked the majority of the paintings and the common color sequence.

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  7. Most of his paintings use similar color schemes to register a theme, I really like his style of painting.
    -Kevin Moreau

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  8. A lot of his paintings used the same texture which looked like lines and brush strokes. I thought is was neat.

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  9. He painted a lot of sunset landscapes that looked pretty cool.

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  10. I always loved Van Gogh. I love his use of colors in his works.

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  11. His brush strokes are amazing and impossible to duplicate. I learned this from attempting one of his paintings. Also, the colors he uses are very well placed in the paintings and go well together.
    -Garrison Hotchkiss

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  12. Van Gogh did a lot better job at painting this man than I did. It is very detailed and interesting.
    -Christian Holcomb

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  13. its crazy how detailed his artwork is and how well someone can make something like that. i would never be able to do something that precise like that.

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  14. He did a great job with the colors and detail very nice
    -Justin Hobbs

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  15. My favorite paintings of Van Gogh are the landscapes. I love how colorful all of his paintings are
    Gracie Kate

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