Name : Viani Grace Mellisa Tiurma

NIM : 1403622063
Class : 22A
Major : History Education

Famous People in History - Vincent van Gogh

Hi everyone, back again with me Grace. For today I want to tell

you about one of the famous people in history, Vincent van Gogh.
Vincent van Gogh, (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Neth.—died July 29,
1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France), Dutch painter. At 16 he was
apprenticed to art dealers in The Hague, and he worked in their London
and Paris branches (1873–76). After brief attempts at missionary work
and theology, he studied drawing at the Brussels Academy; late in 1881
he settled at The Hague to work with a Dutch landscape painter, Anton
Mauve.
During his early years he painted three types of subjects—still life,
landscape, and figure—all interrelated by their reference to the daily life
of peasants (e.g., The Potato Eaters, 1885). After briefly studying at the
Antwerp Academy, in 1886 he left to join his brother Theo, an art dealer,
in Paris. There he met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, and
others involved in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. By the
summer of 1887 he was painting in pure colours and using broken
brushwork that was at times pointillistic, and by the beginning of 1888
his Post-Impressionist style had crystallized.
He left Paris in February 1888 for Arles, in southeastern France.
The pictures he created over the following 12 months—depicting
blossoming fruit trees, views of the town and surroundings, self-portraits,
portraits of Roulin the postman and other friends, interiors and exteriors
of the house, sunflowers, and landscapes—marked his first great period.
Gauguin arrived in October 1888, and for two months he and van Gogh
worked together; but, while each influenced the other to some extent,
their relations rapidly deteriorated.
On Christmas Eve 1888, physically and emotionally exhausted,
van Gogh snapped under the strain; after arguing with Gauguin, he cut off
the lower half of his own left ear. At the end of April 1889, van Gogh
entered an asylum but continued to paint; during his 12-month stay he
completed 150 paintings and drawings. A move to Auvers-sur-Oise in
1890 was followed by another burst of activity, but he soon suffered a
relapse and died that July of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His 10-year
artistic career produced more than 800 paintings and 700 drawings, of
which he sold only one in his lifetime. His work had a powerful influence
on the development of modern painting, and he is considered the greatest
Dutch painter since Rembrandt.

Question
1. Why did van gogh and gauguin relationship soured?
2. Why is van gogh considered the greatest Dutch painter since
Rembrandt ?

Answer
1. As each influences the other to some extent, their relationship quickly
deteriorates as they have opposing ideas and are temperamentally
incompatible. On Christmas Eve 1888, physically and emotionally
exhausted, Van Gogh snapped under the strain; after arguing with
Gauguin, he cut off the lower half of his own left ear.
2. Because his 10-year artistic career produced more than 800 paintings
and 700 drawings, which he sold only once in his lifetime. His work
had a strong influence on the development of modern painting, which
is why he is considered the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt.