Four years later, Van Gogh's younger brother Theo was born. He was the biggest supporter and admirer of Van Gogh in his life.
When he was a child, Van Gogh didn't like learning, but he was very talented in languages. He could speak English, German and French, and he could write letters with them. In addition, he learned Latin and Greek when he studied religion later, and his mother tongue was Dutch, so he always knew six languages. (This shows that Van Gogh is a very clever man, and he is not a madman! This must be clarified! )
(working in a gallery)
In p>1861, Van Gogh entered primary school. In 1869, at the age of 16, Van Gogh entered the Goupil &; Cie worked in The Hague branch, the largest gallery in Europe at that time. It was a gallery specializing in selling paintings and replicas of famous paintings. Van Gogh worked as a shop assistant there. Later, he moved to London branch. Van Gogh's simple, sincere and enthusiastic personality made others like him very much, and his future seemed to be bright, because his uncle was one of the largest art dealers in Europe at that time.
Van Gogh learned a lot of artistic knowledge during these days. He also read a lot of literary works (Van Gogh loved reading all his life), which made him have a high appreciation of art at a very young age, which also laid the foundation for him to become an outstanding artist in the future.
In p>1874, Van Gogh failed to propose to his landlord's daughter and suffered the first great blow. Desperate, he lost his enthusiasm for his work and was finally fired in 1876.
In 1874, he entered the Evangelical Missionary School in Brussels, but he didn't get a diploma because he hated the old-fashioned education in the school.
In December of the same year, he resolutely went to the mining area in Borinage, Belgium to work as a priest. It was a place like hell. The miners lived an inhuman life and often had gas explosions. In order to give the miners the greatest help, Van Gogh ate and lived in the same broken house as the miners. And gave them all his food and articles. Later, because of his "enthusiasm" for work, the church thought that he had damaged the image of the priest and dismissed him. Later, there was a story about "God" circulating in the local area ...
In April p>1881, Van Gogh returned to Eden where his parents lived. He started artistic creation, and his family and relatives began to be disappointed with him. But at this time, Van Gogh's deep-seated passion for art has just begun to burn.
During his stay in Eden, he fell in love with his cousin Cornelia Adriana Vos-stricker (1846.3.21-1918), but was rejected! Kay returned to Amsterdam. The infatuated Van Gogh went to her parents' residence, but Kay's father refused Van Gogh's request. Van Gogh put a hand on the lighted candle and deliberately set himself on fire. Kay's father finally had to blow out the candle ... Van Gogh left with regret.
Van Gogh, who was hit again, came to The Hague. He studied painting at the home of Anton Mauve, a well-known painter's relative (also translated as Mao Wei from November 18, 1838 to February 5, 1888). However, for various reasons (probably because Van Gogh once rejected Moff's suggestion: painting plaster statues, but it is more reasonable to say that Van Gogh was in contact with the prostitute Sean), he finally broke up with Moff and his life was in trouble. He This life supported by his younger brother continued until Van Gogh committed suicide.
In February p>1882, Van Gogh met Sean, a prostitute, and moved in with her. Out of sympathy for his miserable life, Van Gogh decided to live a quiet life with Sean. Everyone opposed their combination, even Theo. They finally broke up.
In p>1883, Van Gogh, who was 3 years old, came to their new home in Newnan .1989.1919191919996 Van Gogh's father died. In that year, Van Gogh completed one of his famous works (the so-called fame was the evaluation of later generations, and Van Gogh was unknown at that time), "Potato eater". Van Gogh was influenced by Dutch painters, Rembrandt and other painters in this period, and the picture was deep and thick, with a strong local flavor. On the one hand, he liked to paint farmers out of respect and admiration for workers, and he was also influenced by his spiritual mentor-Miller. Van Gogh went to Antwerp to study while creating. He began to get in touch with Japanese ukiyo-e.
In February p>1886, Van Gogh suddenly went to Paris to live with his younger brother Theo, who was already a well-known art dealer at that time. He highly admired Impressionism and neo-impressionism, a post-impressionist painter. Under the introduction of his younger brother, Van Gogh met Gauguin, Bernard, Lautrec, pissarro, Seurat and other painters. The picture became bright and fresh, and some impressionist techniques, such as stippling, were used. At the same time, he also began to create famous self-portraits.
In early p>1888, 35-year-old Van Gogh was tired of the city life in Paris and went to the small town of Arles in southern France to look for the bright sunshine and boundless farmland he longed for. He rented a "yellow house" and prepared to build a "painter's home". His creation also entered. "Night Cafe-Indoor" is the representative work of this period, but he still can only live on the support of Theo.
During his stay in Aer, Van Gogh met the postman Lu Lin, and the kind Lu Lin may be his only friend in Aer. Van Gogh also painted many portraits for his family. (See topic: Portrait)
(Mental illness)
This is what Van Gogh dreamed of. In order to decorate Gauguin's house, he planned to paint a dozen (12) sunflowers, but unfortunately he didn't finish it. His feelings for Gauguin were very complicated, and he respected Gauguin very much, but they often quarreled because of differences in personality and art. Later, Van Gogh became often insane because of overwork. After a quarrel with Gauguin, he lost his mind and tried to "assassinate" Gauguin. Cut off a part of his right ear ... this is the famous "ear-cutting incident". Gauguin left, and Van Gogh's grand plan to establish a "painter's home" ended. He also fell into the quagmire of mental illness.
In April p>1889, Theo got married. In May, Van Gogh came to the monastery in Saint-Remy for psychiatric treatment with mixed feelings (Van Gogh was epileptic, and some people) Because his family has this kind of medical history).
He has an illness every once in a while, but he is extremely sober at ordinary times (epileptic patients are like ordinary people when they are not ill), and he has also created a lot of works. At this time, Van Gogh has completely surpassed Impressionism and formed his own unique style, becoming a master of painting with his heart! !
Van Gogh believes that painting should not only be satisfied with imitating the external image of things ... but also express the artist's subjective opinions and emotions while depicting nature by feeling and truth, so as to make the works have personality and unique style.
It can be said that expressing the artist's subjective feelings with painting is the theme of some painting schools and even the whole modern art. But at that time, Van Gogh and Gauguin were not understood at all. Therefore, Van Gogh only sold one oil painting in his life (for more information, please click on the information: the buying and selling of Van Gogh's works before and after his death), and his artistic creation in recent ten years was funded by Theo. "Starry Moonlight Night" was the most famous work in the period of Saint Remy.
In May p>189, Van Gogh went to Paris to meet his younger brother Theo and his wife and their son who was born more than a year ago (Van Gogh's nephew was also named Vincent) Van Gogh Art Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands was founded under his running.)
(Death)
On May 21st, Van Gogh moved to Orville near Paris to be treated by Dr. Gachet. Everything went well. But the famous work "The Rye and the Crow" is considered to herald the death of Van Gogh.
On Sunday, July 27th, when he was out sketching, Van Gogh shot himself! But he missed the point and was taken home. He refused to receive treatment. (Some people said that the bullet was too deep to be cured.)
On the morning of July 28th, Theo arrived in Orville. He sat beside Van Gogh's bed and recalled his childhood with him ...
Van Gogh died at dawn on July 29th.
On July 3th, a funeral was held. I gave my life for it, because of it, my reason has almost collapsed. "
Six months later, Theo was bedridden with grief and finally died.
Later, he was buried in Orville Cemetery with Van Gogh.
After that, with the efforts of Theo's wife Joanna (she lent Van Gogh's paintings to the exhibition, in fact, before Van Gogh died, critics praised him. He lived to the day when his son became famous ... and she regretted throwing Van Gogh's paintings.
Theo's wife Joanna sorted out a mountain of paintings and sketches of Van Gogh and hundreds of letters addressed to Theo.
In p>1914, Van Gogh's letters were published, and his life was gradually known to people all over the world.
In p>1927, Joanna died.
This book has sold tens of millions of copies, and Van Gogh's deeds touched people all over the world.
In p>1962, with the efforts of Van Gogh's nephew, the Dutch government built the National Van Gogh Art Museum in Amsterdam, which has the largest collection of Van Gogh's works and letters now.
Van Gogh's nephew died in p>1978, and he saw the completion of Van Gogh Art Museum before his death.
(Painting price) Van Gogh has become a world-famous artist ......
In p>1987, at the London auction, a "sunflower" by Van Gogh was bought by the Japanese for a sky-high price of $39.9 million, which shocked the whole world!
The following is an introduction of all Van Gogh's works:
Cabbage and wooden shoes
Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs
Paper panel oil painting 34. x 55. cm
Eton: December 1881
Amsterdam: National Van Gogh Museum
F 1, JH 81
. Before this, although he had painted several exercises, none of them were preserved, so this became the first one registered in his work catalogue.
in the autumn of 1881, he began to learn watercolor painting by using palette, and often went to The Hague from Eton to seek advice from the famous painter Moff at that time. It was stated in the letter that two still life oil paintings and two watercolors were painted at Moff's place. At the end of the letter, there is a postscript: "The theme of the two oil paintings is a children's hat made of fur, with some potatoes and kale next to it." This painting is the second one. In his next letter, he said, "This is not a masterpiece. But it's always more complete than what I painted before, at least I believe it has a more real feeling. "
beer mug and fruit
still life with beer mug and fruit
oil painting on canvas 44.5 x 57.5 cm
Eton: December 1881
Wuppertal: Von der Heydt Museum
F 1a, JH 82
Dunes
Oil painting on the flat surface 36. x 58.5 cm
The Hague: August 1882
Amsterdam: private collection
F 2a, JH 176
Women mending nets on sand dunes
Women Mending Nets in the Dunes
Paper panel oil painting 42. x 62.5 cm
The Hague: August 1882
Private collection (Mak van Waay auction house, Amsterdam, April 15, 1975)
F 7, JH 178
Girls in the street, with two carriages in the background
A girl in the street and two coaches in the background
Panel canvas oil painting 42. x 53. cm
The Hague: August 1882
winterthur (Switzerland): L.J.? Collection of ggli-Hahnloser
F 13, JH 179
Girl in White in the Woods
Oil painting on canvas 39. x 59. cm
The Hague: August 1882
Othello: National Crolle-Miller Museum
F 8, JH. His 229 letter once said: "... the reddish-brown ground covered with fallen leaves is suddenly bright and dark and mottled because of the shade, which is like a dream. This scene deeply shocked me. The problem is ... I am eager to grasp the darkness of the earth. The great invisible force and tenacious sense of fullness produced by the earth ... I can't make myself escape from the bright middle of the color and the deep burning feeling. "
"When I started painting the surface of the trunk, my pen was lost in the thick layers of soil covered on the bark ... So I squeezed out the pigment and covered it directly on the roots and trunk, and then wiped it with my pen, so that the tree would stand firmly on the ground."
He added: "On the other hand, it may not be necessary to learn the color drawing method, because it can't achieve a solid and thick effect." Although he is not satisfied with his own works, as he said in his own year, "I have found something that touches my heart ..."
Van Gogh naturally confided in his mumbling and appealed to the picture in a sketchy way. According to the letter he wrote to his friend Labado, it can be known that the girl in white leaning on the trunk is the work of the British illustrator Kyle Yidu.
"An exercise to describe a forest, which depicts the trunk of several big green beeches, a ground covered with dry leaves and a little girl in white. I want to keep the picture clear. I want to draw wandering air between trees with different distances, so that I can breathe in it and walk around it, and I can smell the fragrance of trees, although it is difficult.