Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889

Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889
The Starry Night, 1889
Vincent van Gogh
• 1853 – 1890
• Dutch Painter
• Considered to be the “Father of
Modern Art”
• Produced over 2,000 paintings
and drawings in a 10 year period
Avid letter writer, exhibition
in London has nearly 900
letters he sent to family,
Gauguin and others.
Self-Portrait in front of the Easel,
1888
Self-Portrait with Bandage,
1889, Chicago
The Potato Eaters, 1885
“How wonderful yellow is. It
stands for the sun”.
-Vincent Van Gogh
Yellow can also create feelings of
frustration and anger. While it is
considered a cheerful color,
people are more likely to lose their
tempers in yellow rooms and
babies tend to cry more.
Vase with 12 Sunflowers
1888
Impasto: an art term used to describe thickly
textured paint that is almost three-dimensional
in appearance.
Self Portrait, 1889
Oil on Canvas, Paris
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh
1887
Pastel on Cardboard
Paul Gauguin
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh
1888
Oil on Jute
The Night Café,
1888
Bedroom in Arles, 1888
Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889
The Starry Night, 1889
Thought to be van Gogh’s last painting.
Wheatfield with Crows, 1890
He wrote to Theo of "vast fields of wheat under troubled skies", adding that he did not "need to go out of my
way to try and express sadness and extreme loneliness".