They always say there is a thin line between being a complete genius and mental; then Vincent Van Gogh went mental before the world could call him a genius. Vincent Van Gogh is now considered one of the best Dutch painters with painting being sold in millions of dollars. The uniqueness and amazing techniques of the usage of colors and the meaning of each of his paintings is phenomenal. Not to mention that each painting took a part of Van Gogh’s life in it. In this report I will go through signature paintings of self-portraits and their repetition of those paintings.
Vincent Van Gogh
The Dutch painter is considered to this day a remarkable artist, with his unique style of painting guaranteed that name greatness. Hundreds of paintings, thousands …show more content…
Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work, prominent for its magnificence, feeling and color, profoundly impacted twentieth century art. He battled with mental instability, and stayed poor and for all intents and purposes obscure for the duration of his life. Van Gogh died in France on July 29, 1890, at age 37, from a gunshot wound he fired. [1]
Self-portraits with bandages ear
In the wake of cutting off a segment of his right ear cartilage during a manic episode while in Arles, Van Gogh painted Self Portrait with a Bandaged Ear while recovering and thinking about his sickness. He trusted that the demonstration of painting would reestablish balance to his life, showing the critical part that masterful creation held for him. The painting demonstrates the veracity of the artist's reestablished quality and control in his specialty, as the piece is rendered with strange authenticity, where all his facial elements are obviously displayed and cautious consideration is given to differentiating surfaces of skin, material, and wood. The artist portrays himself before an easel with a canvas that is to a great extent clear and a Japanese print held tight the divider. The loose and expressive brushstrokes ordinary of Van Gogh are clearly noticeable; the imprints are both rough and twisted, on occasion turning out to be delicate and diffuse, making a strain between boundaries that are generally obviously