Vincent van Gogh gallery by Music games project

WELCOME

musicgamesproject — 2023-10-02 06:04:32 UTC

Use the photocopy provided to present your chosen painting.
Be creative and don't mess with others' work.
Remember to INCLUDE your name, class and school.

Landscape at Twilight, Van Gogh

2023-10-02 14:06:29 UTC

This painting shows a landscape with trees, houses and a field. As I said, this painting's type is a landscape and the artist created in during impressionism. He used the oil on canvas technique and it measures 50.2cm by 101cm. It is housed in Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
This painting depicts a stunning evening landscape of the local castle, viewed from the fields near Auvers. The artist used warm colours and it feels soft giving us serenity.
I personally feel calm and warm. I think that the artist wanted us to feel the same way as he was may feeling. It gives really peaceful and serene vibes.

Helen Kosmidou
A'1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

Still life with two sunflowers, 1887, Van Gogh

2023-10-02 21:12:59 UTC

The painting shown above is a part of two still-life series that Van Gogh created during his lifetime. One in Paris(1887) and one in Arles(1888), the latter was dedicated to his friend Paul Gauguin as a gift for him since they intended on becoming roomates. It was painted in the post-impressionism period and it measures 43.2x61cm, the technique Van Gogh used to create it was oil on canvas.
The contents of the canvas are simple and raw. It depicts two sunflowers either fallen or cut and placed on the ground, perhaps it has been a while since their harvest since they look doleful. In the palett of the flowers and the background we see a cold and a warm color overpowering all the others, blue and yellow, as well as an overall bright light shining.
From my point of view this painting wasnt meant to have an immidiate meaning. However, art is relative and what it conveys to me is a balance of intertwined positive and negative feelings. The background is cold but the sunflowers bring wamth along with the rays of light falling on them, that reminds one of the beautiful moonlight on a full moon. In short it externalizes calmness and quiet not necessarily good or bad.

Tokmakidou Christine, A1, Highschool of Amyntaio

Marguerite Gachet at the Piano, 1890 by Vincent Van Gogh.

2023-10-03 19:07:19 UTC

This painting shows us a beautiful woman playing the piano. This painting's type is a landscape and the artist createdit during impressionism. He was used in another oil on canvas technique and it measures 102.5 x 50cm and you can find the canva in Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
In the portrait we can distinguish an educated and well-dressed woman who plays a musical instrument.The artist used light colours and he has not used dark colours, except for the musical instrument.
The first thing what i thought when i first saw this picture was that it gives pleasure to the woman playing the piano.The artist maybe wanted from us to understand or to give us the message that all humans should do what we like and not for others.

Vasia Kanargia
A'1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige)Vincent van Gogh, October-November 1887

2023-10-04 18:45:23 UTC

Bridge in the Rain (after Hiroshige) by Vincent Van Gogh was created in October - November 1887 in Paris, France. It is a river landscape which is a painted copy of a woodcut that was created by a Japanese artist Utawaga Hiroshige, showing the great adrmire he had for the Japanese woodcuts. In addition, its painting technique is an oil on canvas and was painted during Impressionism. It measures 73.3 cm x 53.8 cm and is housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
This painting represents the natural scenery of pedestrians who are hidden under umbrellas as they cross a narrow bridge made out of wood. The artist made the colours more intense than the original painting and wanted to maintain the proportions so he left a border which he filled with Japanese characters copied from other prints. Moreover, in Van Gogh's Bridge in Rain, the colours are brighter, and the people on the bridge are further away from the viewer. The naive but unpredictable blue of the sky makes the sudden rain seem dangerous, possibly a reminder of nature's immense power. The painter mostly uses bright but cold shades of blue, red and green broken only by the yellow used for the bridge.
Observing this piece of art, heavy emotions of emptiness begin to rise as the people cross the bridge trying not to get wet while the rain rages continuously. Van Gogh may have wanted to illustrate the impact that Japanese art had had on him
and his art. By studying and mimicking the unusual pairing of colours in Hiroshige’s woodblock prints, Van Gogh found a new way to elicit strong emotions in the viewer, something especially important to a post-impressionist artist like him.

Meggi Chasalla
A,ΓΕΛ Φιλώτα

Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer,June 1888, Vincent Van Gogh

2023-10-09 17:45:11 UTC

This painting depicts fishing boats on the sea. This type is a seascape and the artist created it during impressoinism in June 1888. The painting techniques that he use was oil on canvas and it measures 65cm by 81,5cm. It now hangs in Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
This seascape show us fishing boats that hane been painted with bright and warm colours. In the middle ground we see the sea and some other boats. The artist uses red, green and blue for the boats but this comes in contrast with the sea.
Looking at this painting you may feel calm, peaceful and happy. This why I feel the painting symbolise how strong and optimistic can a walk at the sea make you.

Papagianni Stefania
Α'1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

Starry night over the Rhone,1888,Vincent Van Gogh

2023-10-13 22:08:16 UTC

Starry night over the Rhone was a painting created in 1888, during post-impressionism by Vincent Van Gogh. The type of this painting is a landscape and the techniques that he used to paint it was oil on canvas. It measures 73.0cm x 92.0cm and it is now housed in Musee d'Orsay,Paris,France.
This painting was created by Vincent when he used to live in Arles, a city in Southern France. It depicts a night scene from the embankment of the Rhone River. This night scene encompass a night sky with some bright stars that reflect in the river.Furthermore, we can see the city lights across the river. Last but not least, in the foreground we can see several boats and two figures that appear to be having a walk along the riverbank. The colours in this painting are dark and quite bright too. The colours that prevail are yellow and blue.
While observing at this piece of art I feel very calm and peaceful. From my point of view, I believe that the painter may wanted to symbolize the beauty and peacefulness that a night can provide us with, since it is less noisy than the rest hours of the day. Also, I think he wanted us to appreciate the beauty of the stars.

Kliani Styliani-Agapi,A1,
Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

Le père Tanguy, Van Gogh

2023-10-14 17:03:53 UTC

The father Tanguy, a creation of Van Gogh, portrays a man sitting down and having his arms crossed. The painting's type is a self-portrait, and it dates to the impressionism period, with influences from Japan. The technique he used was oil on canvas, and it measures 65,0 by 51,0cm. Today, this piece of art is being exhibited to the Rodin museum in Paris.
This self-portrait illustrates a thinking man, looking ahead and having a calm standstill. This man was running a business with colors. Van Gogh was buying his essentials from him. In this way, the painter made three portraits of him, like an indication of his appreciation. In the background, there are some paintings with the nature to dominate, and elements of Japan. The serenity of this man comes to contrast with these paintings that have much information and many themes. The colors are bright and warm, a fact that express Van Gogh's attitude.
Giving an interpretation to this painting, I reckon that consists a sample of harmony and balance. The eyes of this figure are clear and bright, transferring the feeling of calmness to the viewer. In brief, this piece isn't only a painting that Van Gogh created in his life, is a window of escape of his gloomy life, that let him feel a little bit happy.

George Tsaheiridis
A1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

By the Seine, Van Gοgh

2023-10-15 17:46:32 UTC

The painting depicts a person walking by the river Seine. This painting's type is a landscape and the artist created it during impressionism. The technique he used was oil on canvas and the painting measures 49.4 cm by 65.3 cm. It now hangs in Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
This landscape depicts a clear blue sky and a person walking by some trees next to the river Seine in Paris. The artist used light colors that help us understand what the weather is like. Also, some parts of the painting are not painted over so it is considered unfinished.
Looking at this painting, I believe one may feel serene or joyful because of the combination of colours the artist used along with the calm landscape depicted. This is why I feel like the painting symbolises the calm moments we experience in life.

Fani Skodra
A1 ΓΕΛ Αμυνταίου

The potato eaters, Van Gogh

2023-10-16 13:49:57 UTC

This painting shows us 5 people around a table eating. This painting's type is oil on canvas, it is a work of historical themes, modern art. We can find this painting in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam but there is also a draft of it painting in the Kröller Müllerer museum in Otterlo this painting was created on April 13, 1885 in Nouen, Holland the height of the painting is 82cm and the width is 114cm.
 In this painting we can see 5 people 1 man, 3 women and 1 little girl, they look very tired eating potatoes together. The artist uses dark colors to show us how difficult things were at that time.
Looking at this painting one may feel pity and sad for the this people as they may feel axhausted.This is why I feel the painting is a symbol of the life's difficulties.

Egi Margjini
Α'1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

The Yellow, Vincent van Gogh

2023-10-16 20:53:16 UTC

This painting depicts a yellow house located in the city Arles in France that Vincent van Gogh used to live in the year 1888. This paintings type is a cityscape and the artist created it during impressionism. The technique he used was oil on canvas and it measuser 72 by 91.5 cm, It now hangs in Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
This Cityscape depicts a yellow house glowing like the sun, in a small town with nearby shops, roads, cafeterias and restaurants. The artist uses the yellow colour because for him it represented the colour of happiness.
Looking at this painting we someone can also see people walking to work or visiting the nearby facilities. That painting represents the every day life in a city and the happiness that simple things can get.

Peter Karalazos, A1 Γ.Ε.Λ. Αμυνταίου

kallirroi verani

2023-10-18 17:10:03 UTC

THE YELLOW HOUSE

This painting is an 1888 oil painting
by the 19th-century Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. The painting measures 5.5 inches and it is no longer exists because it was destroyed during the Second World War

In this painting there seems to be many yellow buildings which we can consider them as houses.Van Gogh painted this during his “yellow period” which it shows that he is favourite colour was probably yellow, the painter uses light colours to illustrate the scenery

Looking at the painting we may feel happiness as if yellow represent joy also emotion because he mentioned that this painting stands in for a place where anything was possible ,Van Gogh plans about this painting was to “turn the yellow corner-building into an artists”

Cafe terrace at night.

2023-10-18 18:12:43 UTC

Looking at the painting named (cafe terrace at night) we may feel happiness or the feeling of fun. The painting depicts a landscape at night with many people, buildings, and cafes. Van Gogh to illustrate the scenery, uses a bright color like yellow and a dark one, blue. The painting measures 81×65m and is housed in the Van Gogh museum in Netherlands. It was painted during post-impressionism, Cloisonnism and it is from 1888. We can also see extra things like chairs, and a tree.

Ioanna Nastou
A, ΓΕΛ Φιλώτα

canvas painting blossoming almond tree van Goth

2023-10-22 16:15:28 UTC

This painting shows a landscape an almondtree a blue sky.This landscape is in the Amsterdam museum in 1888-1890 and has dimensions of 1068 x 844.
As we said above this painting symbolizes an almond tree the artist does this to show joy and this is cleary visible in the result.Also, there is a story about this particular painting which is that he made it for his nephew,the son of his brother Theo.
The feelings this painting shows me are happy.I believe the artist feels the same way.

Alex mpasouris
A1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταιου

Cafe Terrace at night, 1888

2023-10-23 06:03:29 UTC

This painting depicts a cafe exterior on the cold streets of France at night. The artist created this painting in the mid September of 1888. The technique Van Gogh used for this painting was the one he used in most of his paintings, oil paint on canvas. It measures 80cm by 65.3cm. This painting is not signed by the artist and it's currently in the Kroller-Muller museum in Otterloo, Holland.
The painting pictures the life on the streets of France at night and a cozy cafe exterior that seems to be full of people. The artist is using warm light ans dark shades to give us a realistic look of the blue hour.
Looking at this painting can give you mixed feelings of warmth and coziness.

Kyrkou Elizabeth, A1, Gel Amyntaiou

weatfield with crows

2023-10-23 08:57:18 UTC

This painting is from 1890 and it is a landscape. This painting was painted during impresionism and it is an oil canvas. The painting measures 50.5 by 103 cm. in this painting there seems to be a field with weatfields an offroad and a lot of crows also it is night.
looking at the painting we may feel joy and peace. Also the colour of the painting is yellow.Yellow is a happy colour.

theodoridhs stathis
Α' ΓΕΛ ΦΙΛΩΤΑ

Woman peeling potatoes

2023-10-23 08:57:22 UTC

This painting is from 1881. The style of the art was realism. The painting meusures 28,7cm and it is housed in the Van Gogh museum in Netherlands. In this painting depicts a woman sitting in a chair who peeling potatoes next to the window. Van Gogh in this painting didn't use strong colors basically, no colo on contrary, he used only pencil. This woman wear a dress and a scarf on the head. She has a basket of potatoes at her feet.

Gerta Tsoulxai
A' ΓΕΛ φιλώτα

Square Saint - Pierre at Sunset 1887

2023-10-23 08:59:15 UTC

In this Vincent Van Gogh painting we can all see a beautiful view which show us a long river which is followed by a great sunset .The colours of this painting is in a good mood .Lastly in this painting we can see a lot of trees around the river .And maybe in the end of this river we can see a house which is also built by wood from cutted trees ,this painting has a lot of colourfull colours and this makes the painting even more beautifull.The painting showimg above is filled up with nature .Also this painting was made in 1878. Dimitris Kilikis A Γ.Ε.Λ. Φιλώτα

Dr Gachet

2023-10-23 09:10:04 UTC

This painting was painting in 1890 when Vincent went to Paris to live with his brother .It's an oil canvas and it measures 45.1 cm by 33.2cm .It was housed in Van Gogh museum but it was sold for 82.5 million dollars.
In this painting there seems to be a confused man shitting in a chair. The painting is painted with dark and groom colors. The only extra think that we can see is a table with a book and a flower on it . Van Gogh uses dark colors to sow as the filing of the man and also to ilvisirate as in the painting.
Looking at the painting we can fell sadness and also fell pity about the man . The man looks confused and Van Gogh may have wanted to sow as the difficulty and that every one is tired of working and all he thinks about is how will the days ends

Ampatzis Leonidas
Α'ΓΕΛ ΦΙΛΩΤΑ

Worn Out by Vincent Van Gogh

2023-10-23 14:29:48 UTC

This drawing is from November 1882 and it is pencil on paper. It was painted during impressionism. The drawing measures 50.4 cm x 31.6 cm and it is housed in the Van Gogh museum, Amsterdam.
In this painting there seems to be a tired, bent old man. This drawing is painted with dull colors that quite characterize the image he wants to bring out. We also see the old man in the sketch that the artist has painted him in intense black because he might have wanted to show us the situation he is in.
Looking at this drawing we may feel sadness, pain, hopelessnes, loneliness, resentment and tired as the mister. Van Gogh may have wanted to show us the difficulties that life makes you face, that there are also such moments in people and not only joys and that these are tests of life.

Anastasia Charalampidou
Α', ΓΕΛ Φιλώτα

Vase with fourteen sunflowers,Vincent Van Gogh

2023-10-23 17:58:35 UTC

This painting is from 1888 (france) during post-impressionism by Vincent Van Gogh.Van Gogh shown us a painting with fourteen sunflowers who his friend Paul Gaugin gave to him and Van Gogh called them "tottaly vincent" wowed him.This work is one of his famous works who had done.
In this painting is seems to be a 14 sunflowers in a vase, some os them are looking up but some down. We understand that he wanted to shown us something with these flowers may his feelings may not. This is an oil painting and it measures 1m x 76cm. The colors he had used are totally yellow and some green,orange strokes, also he painted the blossoms in many shades of yellow and created color variations.
The feelings this painting showed me are mixed sad and happy because of the way the flowers looked.

Eleni Moisakh
Α, ΓΕΛ Φιλώτα

Wheat field with cypresses

2023-10-23 18:30:28 UTC

The painting depicts golden fields of ripe wheat, a dark fastigiate Provençal cypress towering like a green obelisk to the right and lighter green olive trees in the middle distance, with hills and mountains visible behind, and white clouds swirling in an azure sky above. The first version was painted in late June or early July 1889, during a period of frantic painting and shortly after Van Gogh completed The Starry Night, at a time when he was fascinated by the cypress. It is likely to have been painted "en plein air", near the subject, when Van Gogh was able to leave the precincts of the asylum. Van Gogh regarded this work as one of his best summer paintings. In a letter to his brother, Theo, written on 2 July 1889, Vincent described the painting: "I have a canvas of cypresses with some ears of wheat, some poppies, a blue sky like a piece of Scotch plaid; the former painted with a thick impasto like the Monticelli's, and the wheat field in the sun, which represents the extreme heat, very thick too."

Αντώνης Μηνάς
Γελ Αμυνταίου

Starry night, Vincent Van Gogh

2023-10-23 18:59:27 UTC

This painting is from June 1889 and it is a landscape. It was painted during post- impressionism and it is is an oil canvas.The painting measures 73.7 cm by 92.1 cm and it is housed in the museum of modern art in New York.

In this painting we see the night sky from Van Gogh's window in the asylum.

The painting depicts the view under different weather conditions,including the rise of the sun and the moon.

The artist uses both dark and bright colours which creats contrast and illustrates the scenery.

Looking at the painting I get enchanted by the beauty and gives me a feeling of peace because of its colours.

Sofia Strataki

Α, ΓΕΛ Φιλώτα

The Bedroom.Vincent Van Gogh,1889

2023-10-23 19:01:53 UTC

This painting shows the bedroom of Vincent van Gogh at 2 Place Lamartine in Arles.This painting was drawn after the impressionism era and it's technique was oil on canvas.The pressures are mostly unknown,But we know that it was drawn on a size 30 canvas by the letter he sent to Gauguin.It now hangs in Van Gogh's museum in Amsterdam.

This picture depicts a bedroom which concludes of:1 Bed,2 Chairs,1 Mini table and a lot of paintings.The artist uses this colors to show us the simplicity of his house.

Looking at this painting i am shocked at how simple a room can be, Especially for a schizophrenic artist.This is why most of my emotions about this painting are sad because such an amazing and depressed artist still had a normal and simple room and he was fine with it as well

Starry night, Vincent van gogh

2023-10-23 19:21:22 UTC

Starry night was painted by Vincent van gogh in June 1889. Locking at the painting we can see what the painter sees outside his window but in the way he had it in his mind. The painting make us feel curious because of the way everything is painted,but if you look it for a while you can probably understand that it's perfect by the way it is because it shows us the way he saw the world.

Subashi Sani
Α' ΓΕΛ ΦΙΛΩΤΑ

Houses Seen from the Back

2023-10-23 19:28:32 UTC

This painting shown a number of cityscapes above from house roof,the districts of the city is poor.The painting created in 1885,he used oil on canvas and it measures 43.7 cm x 33.7 cm.In addition,the painting is located in Van Gogh Museum.

Van Gogh had a weakness for houses like these.Himself lived in such an area he rented a small room at Lange Beeldekensstraat 194.This is the rear view of that house.Also,the painting is reinforced by the thin layer of snow on the rooftops.

From my point of view the painting causes great and impressive feelings of beautifull landscape because have poor and old houses with snow.

Spiros Rompes
A1 Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

Women on the peat moor,1883,Van Gogh

2023-10-23 20:51:23 UTC

This painting depicts two women gathering dried-out peat sods.This painting's type is a landskape and the artist created in during impressionism.The technique he used was oil on canvas and it measures 27.8cm by 36.5cm.It now hangs in Vincent Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
This landskape is located in the rural Dutch province of Drenthe and depicts two weathered women working,probably gathering dried-outpeat sods.The artist uses dark colours to give us a point about reality and the life at villages.
Looking at this painting one may feel sad and pity for the women as they may feel hopeless and exhausted.This is why i feel the painting is a symbol of the difficulties of rural life.

Thodoris Rompes
A1,Γ.Ε.Λ Αμυνταίου

Bandaged Ear and Pipe

musicgamesproject — 2023-10-29 18:37:29 UTC

The name of the art is Bandaged Ear and Pipe which was made by Van Gogh in 1889. It is a self portrait which contains in middle ages. This painting is made by a technique which is named oil on canvas. Also this portrait is housed in the Van Gogh museum in the Netherlands.

As I said, this portrait is a self portrait which describes a man who is wearing a jacket and a really warm hat. He is smoking a pipe and his emotions are not bad but they are also not good. In the background of the portrait I can see the painter uses yellow and red colours which are warm colours.

Lastly, I think the painter wants to provide us with a sad and a happy feeling for a man. Finally I think this landscape wants to symbolise the old lifestyle of a man and all the feelings they had in the last years.

Odysseas Olidis

A1 GEL Amyntaiou

'' The Seascape At Saintes-Maries''(Fishing Boats at Sea)1888, Vincent van Gogh

dellioueuthalia3 — 2023-10-30 23:23:44 UTC

«The Seascape At Saintes Maries» was a hand - painting created in 1888, during post - impressionism by Vincent Van Gogh. The technique that he used to paint it was oil on canvas. Given by the artist to Paul Eugène Milliet to take to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, in mid-August 1888.

Most of the canvas is a picture of the sea. The sea is turbulent, the energy disturbed by small sailing boats. The sea in Saint Mary is colorful and multifaceted.

Seascape at Saintes-Maries (Fishing Boats at Sea) was painted six years after Van Gogh wrote that he wished to paint a seaside painting of sand, sea, and sky. In this painting, the combination of a high horizon and boats, draw the audience into the choppy sea in the center of the picture.

The main image of the sea appears both fragmented and whole. It is part of life, you live to see this sea, these colors, this momentary life.

Looking at this painting I get enchanted by the beauty and gives me a feeling how is realy life.

Χρήστος Μπούκτσης

Α1 ΓΕΛ ΑΜΥΝΤΑΙΟΥ

Starry Night

musicgamesproject — 2023-11-06 18:19:45 UTC

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

Located: Museum of Modern Art

Dimensions: 74*92 cm

Medium: Oil painting

Created: June 1889

The Starry Night is an oil in canvas by the Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh. Painted in 1889, it depicts the view from the west window of his room at the Saint Remy de Provence asylum, just before the sunrise, with the addition of an idealised village.

The bedroom, 1889

musicgamesproject — 2023-11-06 18:27:13 UTC

This painting shows the bedroom of the artist at 2 place Lamartine in Arles. This painting was drawn after the impressionism era and the technique the artist used was oil in canvas. We don't actually know how much it measures but we do know that it was painted on a size 30 canvas. We know thisfrom a letter he had sent Gauguin. Now it is in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.

This painting depicts the artist's bedroom which consists of 2 chairs, one bed, a tiny table and a lot of paintings. The artist uses colourful colous, not to show expressions but to show how simple it was.

Observing this painting many may feel bored by how simple a room can be. On the other hand, I feel this is a symbol of simplicity and how simple a room can be next to such a complex artist.

Nick Koisidis, A Gel Amyntaiou

Skull with lit cigarette

musicgamesproject — 2023-11-06 18:34:44 UTC

This pianting depicts a skull with a lit cigarette. This painting's type is a vanitas and the artist created it during being bored to death by his art education. The technique he used is oil in canvas and it measures 32*24.5 cm. It now hangs in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.

For this painting the artist used dark colours to give us a point about how he was feeling.

This painting symbolises a reminder of death and mortality, inspired by his father's passing or his own poor health at the time.

Melisa Xiteka, A Gel Amyntaiou