1, sunflower
Creative background: Van Gogh created in the south of France. In the sunny south of France, he showed the plant morphology with simple brushstrokes, full of rhythm and vitality. The whole painting remains in the same yellow tone, only lighter and brighter. This painting is considered to be Van Gogh's last large-scale Sunflower in the Yellow House.
Appreciation: One of Van Gogh's most famous 34 oil paintings, this painting is bright in color, mainly yellow and orange. Petals and stems are outlined with delicate strokes of green and blue, and the signature and the center of a flower are also blue. The dense spots on the lines have a striking effect, and the slender strokes try to show the fullness of the disk and the graceful feeling of the texture.
2. starry night
Creative background: When Van Gogh wrote Starry Night, influenced by French post-impressionism, he began to try to express the natural landscape in an exaggerated way. By describing the starry sky and villages, he expressed his deep thoughts and feelings about the fate of nature and mankind.
Appreciation: In the picture, Van Gogh shows the mystery and magnificence of the night sky with turbulent lines and rotating starry sky. The moon and stars are depicted as huge whirlpools, as if to devour the whole universe. This exaggerated performance makes the picture full of vigor and vitality, and also conveys Van Gogh's inner anguish and struggle.
Van Gogh also expressed his thoughts on the fate of mankind by depicting elements such as villages and cypresses. The village in the moonlight is quiet and peaceful, in sharp contrast with the starry sky. The cypress is depicted as a flame, which seems to burn the whole picture. The expression of these elements not only increases the layering and three-dimensional sense of the picture, but also conveys Van Gogh's profound thoughts on human destiny.
3. Self-portrait
Creation background: Van Gogh's self-portrait works are usually created while living in southern France. Influenced by Impressionism, Van Gogh began to try to express himself with brighter and brighter colors in arles, Saint-Remy and other cities in southern France. These self-portrait works are usually done in the studio.
Appreciation: In the creation of Van Gogh's self-portrait, he adopted different styles and techniques. The earliest selfie can be traced back to around 1880. In these self-portraits, Van Gogh expressed his appearance details and inner feelings in a realistic way. His self-portrait works are full of exploration of self-cognition and expression of personal image.