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Cypresses was made in June 1889.one interesting aspect of this painting is that there are two sources of light in the painting. One quote from Vincent van Gogh is “Normality Is A Paved Road: It's Comfortable to Walk, but No Flowers Grow.” I think that Vincent van Gogh was misunderstood a lot of the time.

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detail, Vincent van Gogh, At Eternity’s Gate, 1890

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"In spite of everything I shall rise again; I shall take up my pencil which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.” Vincent van Gogh

Instead find the positives in his triumphs

He is trying to send a positive message to not feel guilty or anything and to still be encouraged to do art

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Interesting fact:  His life is documented through the many letters he wrote. Van Gogh wrote over 800 letters during his lifetime to his brother and close friend, Theo, his artist friends and many others.
Quote: "What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose works - notable for their beauty, emotion and color - greatly influenced 20th century art. He struggled with mental illness and remained impoverished and virtually unknown throughout his life. Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland.

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The Potato Eaters by Vincent Van Gogh, April 1885

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An interesting thing about this painting is that it was stolen twice from a museum. Once in 1989 and another time in 1991.

“The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.”

Van Gogh is such a good example that everyone can pick up art at any point in their lives. He started painting at the age of 28.

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Wheat Field with Cypresses, late June 1889

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Vincent van Gogh is remembered for both the striking color, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his art and for the turmoil of his personal life.
“Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”

“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
this looks like an milky way the tree are so beautiful and a lot of green

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Interesting Fact: Van Gogh painted 900 paintings in 10 years
Quote: Close friends are truly life's treasures.

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An interesting aspect of Vincent is he was always painted a mad man from the day he cut off his ear because his friend left but what was interesting is how the town found out. He gave his ear to one of the prostitute maybe he just wanted attention maybe he really mad. A quote by Vincent Van Gogh " What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”. My observation was his paintings were all around the end of 1880s. also It says As he lay on his death bed, having apparently shot himself, Vincent Van Gogh is said to have uttered the final words, "The sadness will last forever"

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Blossoming Almond Branch in a Glass, Early March, 1888

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Interesting Fact: Van Gogh painted almost 900 painting in the span of 10 years (1880-1890).
Famous Quote: "I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."
Observation: Van Gogh's works tended to be real-life landscapes, objects, or people, and almost feel as though you're looking at a picture taken with a camera.

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Head of a skeleton with burning cigarette.  January-February 1886 

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Quote: "Close friends are truly life's treasure's."
Interesting fact: The painting 'starring night' was created in an asylum.

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Quote: "The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting."
Fact: Van Gogh made this painting "Almond Blossoms" as a gift to his newborn nephew.

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Quote: “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done!”

Observation: this painting might be showing how he felt. Dealing with many life problems leading to his death, symbolized by the skull. His mental struggles leading to the hinge he didn’t want to do, symbolized by the burning cigarette.
Interesting Facts: many believe this painting was showing his struggle against poverty which led him to smoke. However, his nephew claims otherwise. His nephew completely denies the claims of many.

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An interesting aspect of the painting is that the middle of the sunflower has so many small and carefully paced lines while the majority of the painting is in larger, stronger brush strokes. "I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." A comment about Van Gogh is that he actually painted a series of sunflower paintings throughout the years.

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Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night over the Rhone (Starry Night) 1888

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Quote: “Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures.”
Interesting fact: 'Starry Night' was created in an 'asylum'
Observation: I see the city lights reflection in the water

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An interesting aspect of Vincent van Gogh is that he painted almost 900 painting in 10 years and van Gogh's staples were coffee, cigarettes and bread. Like I find that kind of cool and weird at the same time. A quote by Vincent Van Gogh is, "If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all mean paint and that voice will be silenced." I really love this quote. I think Van Gogh is a very artistic person & his paintings are so meaning full and that's what I love about his paintings.

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Title/ date: "The Red Vineyards near Arles" 1888

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Interesting aspect: this artwork, which depicts grape pickers, is the only painting that Van Gogh ever sold in his short life. Quote: "I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." I think Van Gogh was too beautiful for this world.