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Vincent Van Gogh’s Most Famous Paintings. 1. The Starry Night. Van Gogh was admitted to the hospital at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole, near Saint-Remy-de-Provence, for bouts of sadness and insanity. During this time, he painted The Starry Night, a view from his asylum’s east-facing window (or at least his version of the view).
Vincent Willem van Gogh ( Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ‿vɑŋ‿ˈɣɔx] ⓘ; [note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings ...
- Vincent Willem van Gogh, 30 March 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
- 29 July 1890 (aged 37), Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The Most Famous Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh. An incredibly prolific artist – although much of his work was created in the last 10 years of his life – Van Gogh produced around 2000 artworks during his lifetime, and each carries with it a special part of the artist’s legacy. Here is a selection of his most famous paintings.
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Apr 1, 2024 · The Starry Night, an abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1889. The work was not well known when the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) purchased it in 1941, but it soon became one of van Gogh’s most famous works.
The Van Gogh collection amazes with its vivid and bright colors, true to the hues found in the well-known artist’s most famous and iconic paintings. His haunting painting , composed of a palette of always intense and penetrating colors, is marked by a bold, swirling stroke that is carefully reproduced on the collection’s fountain pens ...
Van Gogh generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists. The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh’s art became astoundingly popular after his death, especially in the late 20th ...
Van Gogh was inspired by Lhermitte’s depictions of rural life and he asked his brother Theo to send reproductions of Lhermitte’s work. This painting is typical—a sympathetic scene of peasant life depicting three generations. Van Gogh’s own early subjects included peasants and miners. Jules Breton was an artist Van Gogh admired.
