Van Gogh was born in a Protestant pastor's family in the Dutch village of Dherdt on March 30th, 853. In his early years, he worked as a shop assistant, business agent and missionary in a mining area. Finally, he devoted himself to painting. His early painting style was realistic, influenced by Dutch traditional painting and French realistic painting school.
1886, he came to Paris, met impressionist and neo-impressionist painters, and got in touch with Japanese ukiyo-e paintings. The expansion of his vision has greatly changed his painting style.
1888, he came to arles, a small town in the south of France, and wrote The Suspension Bridge in arles; In the same year, I got in touch with the painter paul gauguin, but the cooperation soon failed due to their personality conflicts and differences in ideas. Since then, Van Gogh's madness (some people recorded it as "epilepsy") often broke out, but he still insisted on painting when he was conscious.
1889 Write starry night. 1890 In July, Van Gogh was insane and shot himself at the age of 37.
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Color Characteristics of Van Gogh's Paintings
Van Gogh is a colorist, and his preference for color has almost reached a crazy state, which is related to his mental illness to some extent, but it cannot be denied that Van Gogh's creative discovery and expression of color. The colors in his paintings are bold and exaggerated, which also deeply influenced expressionism and fauvism painting in the 20th century. Specifically, the unrestrained colors in Van Gogh's paintings are mainly manifested in the following three aspects:
First, decorate with bright and exaggerated colors.
Influenced by the new impressionist painters pissarro and Seurat, Van Gogh abandoned the deep and heavy colors in the early stage of painting and began to use some high-definition, high-purity and high-brightness colors to create a color decoration effect with modern fashion, and his oil paintings became brighter and brighter.
Of all the high-purity and high-brightness colors, Van Gogh likes yellow best. Pure yellow has another meaning, that is, it symbolizes the sun and the earth, representing light and hope. Driven by yellow, the contrast between the brightness and purity of Van Gogh's paintings is very sharp, resulting in a bright and lively decorative beauty.
For example, Van Gogh's Sunflower focuses on a large area of yellow, with khaki, lemon yellow and medium yellow, which gives the audience a colorful and dazzling visual experience and also shows Van Gogh's longing for a better life.
Second, decorate with the contrast of large color blocks.
In decorative colors, juxtaposition and contrast of large color blocks are very important expressions. Although this technique of expression was put forward long before Van Gogh, it is most vividly expressed in Van Gogh's paintings. The contrasting colors in Van Gogh's paintings are often large and flat, which not only simplifies the generalization, but also increases the heaviness of the picture, and can also produce harmonious visual effects with the help of the contrast of color blocks.
For example, the cafe at night-the outdoor scenery, is decorated with large pieces of contrasting color. The yellow and orange lights contrast with the dark blue night sky, giving the picture a sense of depth and vividly depicting people's nightlife.
Third, use absolute black and white buffer.
In the process of painting, Van Gogh not only pursues bright and cheerful colors and contrast of color blocks, but also often uses black and white to buffer and coordinate colors, often appearing in the same scene with contrast colors.
Take the sower as an example, the picture is divided into two parts, the upper part is bright yellow and the lower part is bright purple. The contrast between the two colors is very strong, and the transition is relatively direct, which will stimulate the eyes of the audience. Van Gogh painted the sower's trousers white in the picture, creating a partition between yellow and purple, and the audience's eyes were rested for a moment.
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