The Art Of Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter, and highly influenced the 20th century art. In the era of the impressionism, Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work, notable for its beauty, emotion and color. One of his most famous paintings that caught my attention was the starring night over the Rhone and the café Terrace on the place du forum, Arles, at night. The reasons why the two paintings from Van Gogh caught my attention was that it has a lot of meaning and representation. For example, The starring night over the Rhone has a big river and on top you can see a lot of beautiful stars, for me that represents the beauty of nature and all the bright colors he uses on his paintings represents his passion towards painting. Furthermore, the painting the café Terrace on the place du forum, when I first saw the painting I didn’t really understand the representation and meaning, but observing it several of times I realize that it has a lot …show more content…

He made exquisite paintings like “The starring night”, and “The café Terrace on the pace du forum, Arles, at night”. The reason why I choose these 2 paintings is because it has a lot of meaning and it represents a lot of emotion as well. According to a website www.artble.com, explains how Van Gogh uses a lot of emotion and expression when he is painting “The starring night”, also many people think that his turbulent quest to overcome his illness is reflected in the dimness of the night sky in his painting. Furthermore, the village symbolizes unity in the town on the painting. The second Painting I choose was “The café Terrace on the pace du forum, Arles, at night”, the reason why I picked this second painting is because on how Van Gogh uses warm colors to depict a café in Arles. Also, I believe the reason why he painted that portrait was he wanted to show how the people are having a good time and having conversations with one

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