appreciation of art by James Cullen

Vincent Van Gogh Painting 1

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 09:32:46 UTC

A Cottage on the Heath and "The Protestant Barn"

Spring 1881, Etten
Pencil, black chalk, pen and brush in brown and black ink, wash, 472 x 616 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Life Details

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 09:50:57 UTC

b.1853 in Zendert, Netherlands - d.1890

Art Movement

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 09:52:29 UTC

Post-Impressionism

Style and Technique

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 09:55:42 UTC

expressive, emotional, intensity, bold colours, and distinctive brushwork

Innovations

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 10:38:55 UTC

The emotional intensity of his work and the survival of literally hundreds of his own personal letters has made exploring his pieces an act of great intimacy. As famous as his paintings were, the evident humanity and the tragedy of Van Gogh's circumstances somehow make his work all the more affecting. Never selling a single painting in his lifetime, Van Gogh has become a relatable icon to struggling artists everywhere.

Typical Matter

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 10:42:34 UTC

landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits.

Work

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 10:47:39 UTC

He used brighter colours and developed his own style of painting, with short brush strokes. The themes he painted likewise changed, with rural labourers giving way to cafés and boulevards, the countryside along the Seine and floral still lifes. He also tried out more 'commercial' subjects, such as portraits.

Background and Training

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 10:49:41 UTC

One year at the village school in Zundert, two years at a boarding school in Zevenbergen, and eighteen months at a high school in Tilburg.

Vincent Van Gogh

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 11:08:42 UTC

Who? name artists involved

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 11:13:06 UTC

Henri Rousseau (1844–1910)
Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
Maximilien Luce (1858–1941)
Georges Seurat (1859–1891)

What? outline the ideas of the movement

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 11:14:44 UTC

Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction against Impressionists' concern for the naturalistic depiction of light and colour.

When? start date of the movement

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 11:17:17 UTC

by the beginning of 1888

Where?

24jamescullen — 2024-10-18 11:18:31 UTC

In Paris

Influences on Van Gogh

24jamescullen — 2024-10-25 09:48:50 UTC

Jean-Francois Millet

Painted ordinary everyday people

Artists who were influenced by Van Gogh

24jamescullen — 2024-10-25 09:49:35 UTC

Pierre Bonnard

Part of the Nabi art movement, he admired Van Gogh's use of colour and the individual style/technique (applying the paint thickly)

Painting everyday life

painting 2

24jamescullen — 2024-10-25 10:31:22 UTC

A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul

December 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo

painting 3

24jamescullen — 2024-10-25 10:34:36 UTC

Apricot Trees in Blossom

April 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 55 x 66 cm
Private collection

painting 4

24jamescullen — 2024-10-25 10:37:16 UTC

Avenue of Poplars

March 1884, Nuene
Pencil and ink, 540 x 390 mm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

painting 5

24jamescullen — 2024-10-25 10:40:01 UTC

Almond Tree in Blossom

April 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 49 x 36 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The bedroom

24jamescullen — 2024-12-17 14:10:22 UTC

The Bedroom

October 1888

Oil on canvas 72.4cm x 91.3cm

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Training and Influences

24jamescullen — 2025-01-07 10:11:13 UTC

Van Gogh taught himself in 1886 and influenced by someone name

Jean Francois Millet

Rembrandt

Frans Hals

Style

24jamescullen — 2025-01-07 10:29:19 UTC

Bold and dramatic brushstrokes

Achievements

24jamescullen — 2025-01-07 11:57:57 UTC

Did a huge amount of work in the short period

Did over 2100 paintings

860 Oil painting

Over 1300 drawings

He uses colour to express his feeling and this leads to generations in future artist that want to show there feelings in colour or style