1) The piece that I most appreciated
during the show was the fruit still life consisting of pears, grapes and other
fruits on a blue swirling table cloth.
This piece by Van Gogh was extremely different for the artist since it
was out of his comfort zone and was staged by the artist himself. Van Gogh typically never staged his pieces;
he rather painted from everyday life.
2) Van Gogh was a revolutionary in the
way he handled the elements and principles of art, because he created his own
type of pallet as well as his own style of brush strokes. Van Gogh would typically blend similar colors
together to create pieces that would depict an object but at the same time be
made up of generally different shades of the same color.
3) I do not think that he had one solid
concentration, since much of his work was very different. Although many of Van Gogh’s paintings were of
landscapes, he also painted many other objects such as character studies of
people, insects, and fruit.
4) Seeing Van Gogh’s work in person for
the first time, gave me both a better appreciation of the artist as well as a
feeling that the artist’s style of painting is actually not as difficult as it
may appear in pictures. Van Gogh’s works
are considered to be exceptional works of art, but once I saw his style of
painting in person, I realized that his layering and “small stroke” technique actually
seems to be quite simpler than I previously had thought.
5) Knowing that Van Gogh had gone
through many emotional and mental struggles throughout his life while he was
creating his work, made me wonder how the artist was able to express such joy
and reality in his pieces. While creating
his works of art, Van Gogh wad quite disturbed yet he was able to leave that
behind and paint what the world had to offer to him.
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